Author

Publication

2000-01-26 - Stanford University Press

Language

English

Word Count

126,000 words, Guess

Page Count

504 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL7928958M
  • ISBN-139780804726535
  • ISBN-100804726531
  • OCLC Control Number35548786
  • Library of Congress Control Number96035088
and 2 more
  • LibraryThing1321102
  • Goodreads4450048

Classifications

  • LCCZ1003 .S13 1997

Description

This book explains how a change in writing - the introduction of word separation - led to the development of silent reading during the period from late antiquity to the fifteenth century. The greater part of this book describes in detail how the new format of word separation, in conjunction with silent reading, spread from the British Isles and took gradual hold in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Space Between Words: The Origins of Silent Reading (Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture)HardcoverStanford University Press2000-01-26

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