Gifts and Books
Gifts and Books A series of thought-provoking essays about the nature of the book as a gift.Giving and receiving gifts can be tricky. This volume explores how books and writing have described…
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Gifts and Books
A series of thought-provoking essays about the nature of the book as a gift.Giving and receiving gifts can be tricky. This volume explores how books and writing have described gift-giving over the centuries, but also how books became precious gifts themselves. Gifts may be touching or puzzling, either strengthening bonds of friendship or becoming a burden.
From an ancient Sumerian tablet recording the founding of a temple to contemporary children's literature that highlights the pleasures and In a series of thought-provoking essays, richly illustrated from the Bodleian Library's collections and beyond, the contributors illuminate some of the striking ways in which writing interacts with those fundamental impulses to give, receive, and reciprocate.Each chapter draws on a particular perspective, including archaeology, religion, history, literature, and anthropology.
Of Gods, Gifts and Ghosts
Books and Libraries
Gifts
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Painters, Paintings and Books
Arsenic And Old Books