The Reading of Books

by Holbrook Jackson

Book Overview

Focuses on the relationship between author and reader, describing reading as the art of extracting essences from books for our own, not the author's benefit. This book defines bookmanship as the art of adjusting literature to life. It describes reading as a courtship ending in a collaboration.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252070410
• ISBN13: 9780252070419
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"