Space Between Words: The Origins of Silent Reading

by Paul Saenger

Book Overview

Reading, like any human activity, has a history. Modern reading is a silent and solitary activity. Ancient reading was usually oral, either aloud, in groups, or individually, in a muffled voice. The text format in which thought has been presented to readers has undergone many changes in order to reach the form that the modern Western reader now views as immutable and nearly universal. This book explains how a change in writing--the introduction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080474016X
• ISBN13: 9780804740166
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"