Hardcover • 2010 • English

The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

Name: The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
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ISBN: 9780199747498

By Alan Jacobs

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About the book

Is reading under threat? No, says Alan Jacobs-but people do need help iand encouragemnt to enjoy it to the full. Jacobs's experience as a lecturer and many-time author suggests that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Many have absorbed the puritanical message that reading is, first and foremost, good for you-the intellectual equivalent of eating your Brussels sprouts. For such people, ...Show more

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ISBN

9780199747498

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

Format

Hardcover

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