The Idea of the Library in the Ancient World

Nonfiction, History, Ancient History, Greece, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Yun Lee Too ISBN: 9780191610394
Publisher: OUP Oxford Publication: January 7, 2010
Imprint: OUP Oxford Language: English
Author: Yun Lee Too
ISBN: 9780191610394
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication: January 7, 2010
Imprint: OUP Oxford
Language: English

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 up till 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.

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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 up till 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.

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