In Bed with the Word: Reading, Spirituality, and Cultural Politics

by Daniel Coleman

Book Overview

While reading is a deeply personal activity, paradoxically, it is also fundamentally social and outward-looking. Daniel Coleman, a lifelong reader and professor of literature, combines story with meditation to reveal this paradox and illustrate why, more than ever, we need this special brand of "quiet time" in our lives. In Bed with the Word sparks with every conceivable enticement for those who worry about living in a culture of distraction and who...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888645074
• ISBN13: 9780888645074
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up