The Life And Fate Of The Ancient Library Of Alexandria
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The Life And Fate Of The Ancient Library Of Alexandria
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Author : Mostafa El-Abbadi
language : en
Publisher: UNESCO
Release Date : 1990
The Life And Fate Of The Ancient Library Of Alexandria written by Mostafa El-Abbadi and has been published by UNESCO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
A thoroughly researched study on the history of both the Museum and the Alexandria Library, showing the important role they played in the transmission of Greco-roman civilization. The tragic fate of both institutions have long been of great fascination for both writers and readers.
Life And Fate Of The Ancient Library Of Alexandria
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Author : Mostafa El-Abbadi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996-01-01
Life And Fate Of The Ancient Library Of Alexandria written by Mostafa El-Abbadi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with categories.
A thoroughly researched study on the history of both the Museum and the Alexandria Library, showing the important role they played in the transmission of Greco-roman civilization. The tragic fate of both institutions have long been of great fascination for both writers and readers. Published also in Arabic, English, French, Russian and Spanish
What Happened To The Ancient Library Of Alexandria
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Author : Mostafa el- Abbadi
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2008
What Happened To The Ancient Library Of Alexandria written by Mostafa el- Abbadi and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
This book aims at presenting a new discussion of primary sources by renowned scholars of the long disputed question of "What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria"? The treatment includes a brilliant presentation of cultural Alexandrian life in late antiquity.
Lost Libraries
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Author : J. Raven
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2004-01-31
Lost Libraries written by J. Raven and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-31 with History categories.
This pioneering volume of essays explores the destruction of great libraries since ancient times and examines the intellectual, political and cultural consequences of loss. Fourteen original contributions, introduced by a major re-evaluative history of lost libraries, offer the first ever comparative discussion of the greatest catastrophes in book history from Mesopotamia and Alexandria to the dispersal of monastic and monarchical book collections, the Nazi destruction of Jewish libraries, and the recent horrifying pillage and burning of books in Tibet, Bosnia and Iraq.
Ancient Libraries
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Author : Jason König
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-04-25
Ancient Libraries written by Jason König and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-25 with History categories.
The circulation of books was the motor of classical civilization. But books were both expensive and rare, and so libraries - private and public, royal and civic - played key roles in articulating intellectual life. This collection, written by an international team of scholars, presents a fundamental reassessment of how ancient libraries came into being, how they were organized and how they were used. Drawing on papyrology and archaeology, and on accounts written by those who read and wrote in them, it presents new research on reading cultures, on book collecting and on the origins of monumental library buildings. Many of the traditional stories told about ancient libraries are challenged. Few were really enormous, none were designed as research centres, and occasional conflagrations do not explain the loss of most ancient texts. But the central place of libraries in Greco-Roman culture emerges more clearly than ever.
The Library Of Alexandria
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Author : Roy MacLeod
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2005-01-14
The Library Of Alexandria written by Roy MacLeod and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-14 with Art categories.
The Library of Alexandria was one of the greatest cultural adornments of the late ancient world, containing thousands of scrolls of Greek, Hebrew and Mesopotamian literature and art and artefacts of ancient Egypt. This book demonstrates that Alexandria became - through the contemporary reputation of its library - a point of confluence for Greek, Roman, Jewish and Syrian culture that drew scholars and statesmen from throughout the ancient world. It also explores the histories of Alexander the Great and of Alexandria itself, the greatest city of the ancient world. This new paperback edition offers general readers an accessible introduction to the history of this magnificent yet still mysterious institution from the time of its foundation up to its tragic destruction.
The Vanished Library
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Author : Luciano Canfora
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1990-08-29
The Vanished Library written by Luciano Canfora and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-08-29 with History categories.
Recreates the world of ancient Egypt, describes how the Library of Alexandria was created, and speculates on its destruction.
Alexandrian Cosmopolitanism
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Author : Hala Halim
language : en
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Release Date : 2013-09-19
Alexandrian Cosmopolitanism written by Hala Halim and has been published by Fordham Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-19 with Social Science categories.
Interrogating how Alexandria became enshrined as the exemplary cosmopolitan space in the Middle East, this book mounts a radical critique of Eurocentric conceptions of cosmopolitanism. The dominant account of Alexandrian cosmopolitanism elevates things European in the city’s culture and simultaneously places things Egyptian under the sign of decline. The book goes beyond this civilization/barbarism binary to trace other modes of intercultural solidarity. Halim presents a comparative study of literary representations, addressing poetry, fiction, guidebooks, and operettas, among other genres. She reappraises three writers—C. P. Cavafy, E. M. Forster, and Lawrence Durrell—who she maintains have been cast as the canon of Alexandria. Attending to issues of genre, gender, ethnicity, and class, she refutes the view that these writers’ representations are largely congruent and uncovers a variety of positions ranging from Orientalist to anticolonial. The book then turns to Bernard de Zogheb, a virtually unpublished writer, and elicits his camp parodies of elite Levantine mores in operettas, one of which centers on Cavafy. Drawing on Arabic critical and historical texts, as well as contemporary writers’ and filmmakers’ engagement with the canonical triumvirate, Halim orchestrates an Egyptian dialogue with the European representations.
The Apocalypse Is Everywhere
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Author : Anne Rehill
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2009-11-12
The Apocalypse Is Everywhere written by Anne Rehill and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-12 with Social Science categories.
This wide-ranging exploration of the apocalypse in Western culture seeks to understand how we have come to be so preoccupied with spectacular visions of our own annihilation—offering abundant examples of the changing nature of our imagined destruction, and predisposing readers to discover many more all around them. The Apocalypse Is Everywhere: A Popular History of America's Favorite Nightmare explores why apocalyptic thinking exists, how it has been manifested in Western culture through the ages, and how it has woven itself so thoroughly into our popular culture today. Beginning with contemporary apocalyptic expressions, the book demonstrates how surprisingly widespread they are. It then discusses how we inherited them and where they arose. Author Annie Rehill surveys the ancient belief systems from which Christianity evolved, including ancient Judaism and other faiths. She explores the vision outlined in the Book of Revelation and traces the apocalyptic thread through the Middle Ages, across the Reformation and Enlightenment, and to the Americas. Finally, to prove that the Apocalypse is indeed everywhere, Rehill returns to the present to consider the idea of apocalypse as it occurs in movies, books, comics and graphic novels, games, music, and art, as well asin televangelism and even presidential speeches. Her fascinating scholarship will surely have readers looking about them with new eyes.
Bibliophobia
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Author : Brian Cummings
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022
Bibliophobia written by Brian Cummings and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Books categories.
This volume is illustrated with manuscripts, printed objects, and art works. It tells a 5000-year history of writing and books, giving readers an account of why books matter and how they impact our lives.