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Author:

Adler, Mortimer Jerome, 1902-2001.

Title:

How to read a book / by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles van Doren.

Edition:

Rev. and updated ed.

Publisher:

Simon and Schuster,

Copyright Date:

c1972

Description:

xiii, 426 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Reading.

Other Authors:

Van Doren, Charles Lincoln, 1926- joint author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-362) and index.

Contents:

The dimensions of reading. The activity and art of reading ; The levels of reading ; The first level of reading : elementary reading ; The second level of reading : inspectional reading ; How to be a demanding reader -- The third level of reading : analytical reading. Pigeonholing a book ; X-raying a book ; Coming to terms with an author ; Determining an author's message ; Criticizing a book fairly ; Agreeing or disagreeing with an author ; Aids to reading -- Approaches to different kinds of reading matter. How to read practical books ; How to read imaginative literature ; Suggestions for reading stories, plays, and poems ; How to read history ; How to read science and mathematics ; How to read philosophy ; How to read social science -- The ultimate goals of reading. The fourth level of reading : syntopical reading ; Reading and the growth of the mind.

ISBN:

9780671212094 (pbk.)
0671212095 (pbk.)
9780671212803
067121280X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)410780

LCCN:

72081451

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