Bibliograph

The pleasures of reading in an age of distraction, Alan Jacobs

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The pleasures of reading in an age of distraction, Alan Jacobs

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The pleasures of reading in an age of distraction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

657223858

Responsibility statement

Alan Jacobs

Summary

The author argues that reading is alive and well in America. Millions of devoted readers support hundreds of enormous bookstores and online booksellers. Jacobs's interactions with his students and the readers of his own books, however, suggest that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Jacobs offers an insightful, accessible, and playfully irreverent guide for aspiring readers. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of approaching literary fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, and the book explores everything from the invention of silent reading, reading responsively, rereading, and reading on electronic devices

Table Of Contents

Yes, we can! -- Whim -- All in your head -- Aspirations -- Upstream -- Responsiveness -- Kindling -- Slowly, slowly -- True confessions -- Lost -- Abbot Hugh's advice -- The triumphant return of Adler and Van Doren -- Plastic attention -- Getting schooled -- Quiet, please -- Once more, with feeling -- Judge, jury, executioner -- In solitude, for company -- Serendip -- How it all started -- An essay on sources

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