Jocelyn Penny Small

Wax Tablets of the Mind

Cognitive Studies of Memory and Literacy in Classical Antiquity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text argues that literacy is a complex combination of various skills, not just the ability to read and write: the technology of writing, the encoding and decoding of text symbols, the interpretation of meaning, the retrieval and display systems which organize how meaning is stored and memory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9781138986985
• ISBN-10: 1138986984
• Artikelnr.: 44395505

Autorenporträt

Jocelyn Penny Small

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Introduction. Part 1. Logistics of the Classical Literate 1.
Memory for Words 2. Ancient Books 3. Publication 4. The Organization of
Collections 5. Retrieval: Documents and Texts 6. The Cognitive Development
of the Muses Part 2: The Historical Development of Ancient Memory
Techniques 7. The Greek Methods 8. The Roman Contribution 9. Other Advice
for Improving Memory Part 3: Writing Habits of the Literate 10. Tools of
the Trade 11. Research Techniques 12. Composing the Work 13. Types of Works
or Genres 14. Indirect Applications of the Art of Memory Conclusion. Select
Bibliography and Abbreviations. Index Locorum. Index.