Encyclopedism from Pliny to Borges / [written by Anna Sigrídur Arnar].

Author
Arnar, Anna Sigrídur [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Chicago : University of Chicago Library, 1990.
Description
xii, 67 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

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    "Published in conjunction with the exhibition ... held in the Joseph Regenstein Library, the University of Chicago, May 2 through September 5, 1990"--Title page verso.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-67).
    Contents
    • Preface
    • Introduction
    • The Summa
    • THe catalogue form
    • The encyclopedic dictionary
    • The conversation as didactic method
    • The fragment : knowledge mobilized
    • The illustrated encyclopedia : knowledge sensualized
    • The Encyclopédie reconsidered : new markets, new formats, new encyclopedias
    • The three-dimensional encyclopedia : the library, the Wunderkammer, the museum
    • Encyclopedic narratives
    • The critique of encyclopedism.
    ISBN
    • 0943056128 ((pbk.))
    • 9780943056128 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    90050215
    OCLC
    21870538
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