The Chapter: A Segmented History from Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century

by Nicholas Dames

Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism
A history of the chapter from its origins in antiquity to today

Why do books have chapters? With this seemingly simple question, Nicholas Dames embarks on a literary journey spanning two millennia, revealing how an ancient editorial technique became a universally recognized component of narrative art and a means to register the sensation of time.

Dames begins...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691135193
• ISBN13: 9780691135199
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"