Libraries, literatures, and archives

• Other Authors: Mays, Sas
• Format: Unknown
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 2014; New York
• Subjects: Library science > Sociological aspects; Library science > Philosophy; Information science > Sociological aspects; Information science > Philosophy; Critical theory; Libraries > Philosophy; Archives > Philosophy; Literature > Philosophy; Books and reading > Philosophy; Collective memory
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• Physical Description: xviii, 289 pages : illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780415843874

Not only does the library have a long and complex history and politics, but it has an ambivalent presence in Western culture - both a site of positive knowledge and a site of error, confusion, and loss. Nevertheless, in literary studies and in the humanities, including book history, the figure of the library remains in many senses under-researched. This collection brings together established and up-and-coming researchers from a number of practices - literary and cultural studies, gender studies, book history, philosophy, visual culture, and contemporary art -with an effective historical sweep ranging from the time of Sumer to the present day.