Index, a History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
Most of us give little thought to the back of the book-it's just where you go to look things up. But as Dennis Duncan reveals in this delightful and witty history, hiding in plain sight is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. In the pages of the index, we might find Butchers, to be avoided, or Cows that sh-te Fire, or even catch Calvin in his chamber with a Nonne. Here, for the first time, is the secret world of the index: an unsung but extraordinary everyday tool, with an illustrious but little-known past.Charting its curious path from the monasteries and universities of thirteenth-century…
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- ISBN: 978-1-324-00254-3
- EAN: 9781324002543
- Produktnummer: 36647294
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.4 cm x D3.4 cm 598 g
- Gewicht: 598
Über den Autor
Dennis Duncan is a lecturer in English at University College London. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, the Times Literary Supplement, and the London Review of Books, and he is the coeditor of Book Parts. He lives in London.
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