Space Between Words: The Origins of Silent Reading by Paul Saenger

Space Between Words: The Origins of Silent Reading

Paul Saenger

504 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction historical history challenging informative slow-paced
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Reading, like any human activity, has a history. Modern reading is a silent and solitary activity. Ancient reading was usually oral, either aloud, in groups, or individually, in a muffled voice. The text format in which thought has been presented ...

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