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The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
Alan Jacobs
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Description for The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
Hardback. Alan Jacobs offers a witty, literate, and accessible guide for aspiring readers, offering tips on what to read and how to get the most out of it. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of approaching literary fiction or poetry or even the Bible, from reading responsively, to rereading, to reading on electronic devices. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; WDH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 213 x 19. Weight in Grams: 298.
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, indeed for all readers, Jacobs offers some simple, powerful, and much needed advice: read at whim, read what gives you delight, and ... Read more
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, indeed for all readers, Jacobs offers some simple, powerful, and much needed advice: read at whim, read what gives you delight, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199747498
SKU
V9780199747498
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About Alan Jacobs
Alan Jacobs is a professor of English at Wheaton College in Illinois. His books include The Narnian, a biography of C.S. Lewis, Original Sin: A Cultural History, and a Theology of Reading. His literary and cultural criticism has appeared in the Boston Globe, The American Scholar, and the Oxford American.
Reviews for The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
He writes with panache...it is excellent
The Tablet
fascinating study
Writing Magazine
Delightful yet discombobulating
The Wall Street Journal
what could be nicer to read than a book about how nice reading is?
Steven Poole, The Guardian
lively volume...prepare to be engrossed.
Times Higher Education Supplement
A vigorous and friendly ... Read more
The Tablet
fascinating study
Writing Magazine
Delightful yet discombobulating
The Wall Street Journal
what could be nicer to read than a book about how nice reading is?
Steven Poole, The Guardian
lively volume...prepare to be engrossed.
Times Higher Education Supplement
A vigorous and friendly ... Read more