History of Reading in the West
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Polity Pr; Unknown
Published: September 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9780745630540
Subjects: History of specific subjects; Language & Linguistics; Library & Information Sciences; History; History: World; Reference
First sentence: In this passage Michel de Certeau establishes a fundamental distinction between a written mark - something fixed, lasting, preserving - and its readings, which are always of the order of the ephemeral, plurality and invention.