Alan Jacobs (Distinguish Distinguished Professor of the Humanities

Gebundenes Buch

The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

Beschreibung

Alan Jacobs offers a witty, literate, and accessible guide for aspiring readers, offering tips on what to read and how to get the most out of it. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of approaching literary fiction or poetry or even the Bible, from reading responsively, to rereading, to reading on electronic devices.

Autor

Alan Jacobs is a professor of English at Wheaton College in Illinois. His books include The Narnian, a biography of C.S. Lewis, Original Sin: A Cultural History, and a Theology of Reading. His literary and cultural criticism has appeared in the Boston Globe, The American Scholar, and the Oxford American.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 149mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 328g
• ISBN-13: 9780199747498
• ISBN-10: 0199747490
• Artikelnr.: 32727396