The Written World (Record no. 58942)

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fixed length control field 170501s2017 nyuabf b 001 0 eng
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9781786783144
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
080 ## - UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Universal Decimal Classification number 92
Item number PUC
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Puchner, Martin
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Written World
Sub Title The power of stories to shape people, history, civilization
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement First edition
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication New York
Name of publisher Granta
Year of publication 2017
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xxiii, 412 p.
Other physical details illustrations (some color), maps ,16 pages of color plates
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-392) and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "The story of literature in sixteen acts, from Alexander the Great and the Iliad to ebooks and Harry Potter, this engaging book brings together remarkable people and surprising events to show how writing shaped cultures, religions, and the history of the world"--
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "Great stories of people, history, and literature are combined to show how the power of the written word has influenced civilizations throughout time. Puchner writes about Ezra and the Old Testament, a young woman in 9th century Japan who wrote the first novel, a wild story about Cervantes and pirates, how Benjamin Franklin became the father of print in the United States, and more. Over this remarkable, engaging book, Puchner tells stories of creative people whose lives and beliefs led them to create groundbreaking foundational texts, and how those texts affected the world they were born into. Puchner offers a truly comprehensive and worldwide literary perspective, spanning time and cultures, from the first written story--The Epic of Gilgamesh--to the wordsmiths of Mande in Africa, to Harry Potter. He also focuses on writing technologies, including the invention of paper, the printing press, and the modern book, and how they shaped not just writing, but religion and economy, too. Taking us from clay tablets and ancient scrolls, all the way to internet tablets and scrolling down on computers today, Puchner will change the way you view the past, present, and future of literature. Readers will find new discoveries about old texts they love, and new stories they hadn't known before, as Martin Puchner tells the story of literature in 17 acts: how stories shaped history, and gave us THE WRITTEN WORLD"--
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Literature and society
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Literature
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Books and reading
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term HISTORY / Civilization
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading
690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN)
Topical term or geographic name as entry element General
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Koha item type BOOKS
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The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India

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