First published in French in 1988, this extraordinary book traces the meaning and function of reading from its very beginnings in Greek oral culture through the development of silent reading.
One of the most haunting early examples of Greek alphabetical writing appears on the life-sized Archaic funerary statue of a young girl. The inscription speaks for Phrasikleia, who "shall always be called maiden," for she has received this name from the gods instead of marriage.
- ISBN10 0801425190
- ISBN13 9780801425196
- Publish Date 26 April 1993
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 January 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Cornell University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English