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A study of the ancient library as a complex institution with many different functions: as an instrument of power, of memory; an articulation of a political ideal, an art gallery, a place for sociality. Too incidentally raises conceptual questions about modern libraries, bringing to these the insights that a study of antiquity can offer.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    In The Idea of the Library in the Ancient World Yun Lee Too argues that the ancient library was much more than its incarnation at Alexandria, which has been the focus for students of the subject until now. In fact, the library is a complex...

  • 0199577803
  • 9780199577804
  • Yun Lee Too
  • 7 January 2010
  • OUP Oxford
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 250
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