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The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm: The Reader As Metaphor - Material Texts Alberto Manguel 1st edition
The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm: The Reader As Metaphor - Material Texts
Alberto Manguel
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.
144 pages, 19 illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 19, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780812245233 |
| Publishers | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Pages | 144 |
| Dimensions | 164 × 223 × 17 mm · 350 g |
| Language | English |
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