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Encyclopedism from Pliny to Borges / [written by Anna Sigrídur Arnar].
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Arnar, Anna Sigrídur
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English
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Chicago : University of Chicago Library, 1990.
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xii, 67 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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AE1 .A76 1990
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Encyclopedias and dictionaries
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History and criticism
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University of Chicago. Library
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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.
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ISBN
0943056128 ((pbk.))
9780943056128 ((pbk.))
LCCN
90050215
OCLC
21870538
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