Reading in Bed,9781567920352

Reading in Bed

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ISBN13: 9781567920352
ISBN10: 1567920357
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1996-02-01
Publisher(s): David R Godine Pub
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Summary

As Gilbar writes in his introduction, "The essays in this book are not so much about books as about reading. Most of the pieces speak of the writers' personal experience as readers. Some are more pontifical. But what they all have in common, I hope, is that they are themselves good reading." How right he is! Just sample treasures like Nabokov's "Good Readers, Good Writers," Calvino's "Why Read the Classics?" Proust's "On Reading Ruskin," or Brodkey's "Reading, the Most Dangerous Game." And the list goes on: Montaigne, Hazlitt, Hesse, Miller, Greene, Fowles, and many more, all devoted to - indeed passionate about - reading and about (as Emerson said) "books, vital and spermatic, not leaving the reader what he was." Includes brief biographies of the writers and suggested further reading.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. VII
The Commerce of Readingp. 3
On Reading Old Booksp. 7
Booksp. 11
Reading at Waldenp. 17
Of Kings' Treasuriesp. 23
Books Unreadp. 29
Books Which Have Influenced Mep. 35
On Readingp. 39
The Magic of the Bookp. 45
To Read or Not to Readp. 55
Out of a Bookp. 59
Good Readers and Good Writersp. 67
Pillow Booksp. 73
The Lost Childhoodp. 79
Too Much, Too Fastp. 85
Why Read the Classics?p. 89
Magpiesp. 97
Reading, the Most Dangerous Gamep. 101
Where I Read What I Readp. 109
The Noblest Distractionp. 119
True Confessions of a Readerp. 127
Notes from a Confessionp. 135
Notes on Contributorsp. 145
Bibliographyp. 149
Acknowledgmentsp. 151
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