Memory's Library

Jennifer Summit

earliest edition we have, 2008 University of Chicago Press, 2011 368 pages

In Jennifer Summit's account, libraries are more than inert storehouses of written tradition, they are volatile spaces that actively shaped the meanings and uses of books, reading and the past. Considering the period between 1431 and 1631, she revises the history of the modern library by focusing on its origins in medieval England.

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Memory's Library edition · 2011 · University of Chicago Press · 368 pages · 9780226781709
Memory's Library edition · 2009 · University of Chicago Press · 9781281966612
Memory's Library edition · 2008 · University of Chicago Press · 9780226781723
Memory's Library hardcover · 2008 · University Of Chicago Press · 336 pages · 9780226781716

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