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The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm

- The Reader as Metaphor

part of the Material Texts series

About The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm

Alberto Manguel examines metaphors of readers and reading from literatures across centuries and the globe, from the ancient epic Gilgamesh to the World Wide Web, from the adventures of Ulysses to the tragedy of Emma Bovary, and he considers how these metaphors reflect the cultures that invent them.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780812245233
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 144
  • Published:
  • July 18, 2013
  • Dimensions:
  • 164x223x17 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 350 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 18, 2024

Description of The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm

Alberto Manguel examines metaphors of readers and reading from literatures across centuries and the globe, from the ancient epic Gilgamesh to the World Wide Web, from the adventures of Ulysses to the tragedy of Emma Bovary, and he considers how these metaphors reflect the cultures that invent them.

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