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02769aam a2200373 a 4500 001 57DB89F4517511E0A5987EABC41A358D 003 SILO 005 20110318103249 008 090804s2010 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2009934147 020 $a 0199577803 020 $a 9780199577804 (hbk. : acid-free paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)428033347 040 $a UKM $c UKM $d SILO $d BTCTA $d BWKUK $d BWK $d YDXCP $d FDA $d BWX $d CDX $d GEBAY $d UWO $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat $a lccopycat 050 00 $a Z722 $b .T66 2010 082 04 $a 027.03 $2 22 100 1 $a Too, Yun Lee. 245 1 $a The idea of the library in the ancient world / $c Yun Lee Too. 260 $a Oxford ; $b New York : $c 2010. 300 $a 265 p. ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-253) and indexes. 505 0 $a Introduction : the idea of the library -- Origins : the diachronic perspective. The birth of a library ; Library catalogues : from literary description to literary self-description -- Forms of the library. The breathing library : performing cultural memories ; The library (as) book : the fantasy of the total text ; The library of universal history : Diodorus Siculus and literary cosmopolitanism -- Memories. Inside and outside the library : the memory of canon -- Physicalities. Picture libraries : statues among the books ; The sociality of the ancient library. 520 1 $a "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 institution with many different forms. It can be a building with books, but it can also be individual people, or the individual books themselves. In antiquity, the library's functions are numerous: as an instrument of power, of memory, of which it has various modes; as an articulation of a political ideal, an art gallery, a place for sociality. Too indirectly raises important conceptual questions about the contemporary library, bringing to these the insights that a study of antiquity can offer."--BOOK JACKET. 650 0 $a Libraries $x History $y To 400. 648 7 $a Geschichte $2 swd 650 07 $a Bibliothek $2 swd 651 7 $a Griechenland (Altertum) $2 swd 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009934147-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009934147-d.html 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009934147-t.html 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825054134.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=57DB89F4517511E0A5987EABC41A358DInitiate Another SILO Locator Search