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Author Jacobs, Alan, 1958-

Title The pleasures of reading in an age of distraction / Alan Jacobs.

Imprint New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  028.8 J151p 2011    ---  Available
Description 162 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary The author argues that reading is alive and well in America. Millions of devoted readers support hundreds of enormous bookstores and online booksellers. Jacobs's interactions with his students and the readers of his own books, however, suggest that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Jacobs offers an insightful, accessible, and playfully irreverent guide for aspiring readers. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of approaching literary fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, and the book explores everything from the invention of silent reading, reading responsively, rereading, and reading on electronic devices.
Subject Reading.
Self-culture.
Study skills.
ISBN 9780199747498 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
0199747490 (hbk. : acid-free paper)

 
    
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