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THE ALPHABETIC LABYRINTH (PAPERBACK) /ANGLAIS

Code EAN13: 9780500280683

Auteur : DRUCKER JOANNA

Éditeur : THAMES HUDSON


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Language is devoted to articulation, but the inarticulate elements from which it is composed -- bare forked letters, decaying sounds -- have long teased the human imagination as something at once unnacountable and provocative: a threat of utter incoherence underlying all linguistic expression; a token of some final as yet undisclosed revelation. Drucker, an author of many accomplishments, a poet, novelist, art historian, and printer, has written a history of alphabetic forms and speculations. She limits herself to the West, but needless to say that still leaves a lot to consider. Uncials, historiated capitals, alchemical codes, and the Kabbalah are all here. This is a fine and suggestive survey, thoroughly researched, handsomely illustrated, somewhat detached in tone -- which is odd: the author loves her subject; she needn't have struggled so hard to hide it.
Copyright © 1996, Boston Review. All rights reserved.
  • EAN
    9780500280683
  • Auteur
  • Éditeur
    THAMES HUDSON
  • Date de parution
    14/09/2005
  • Support
    Broché
  • Description du format
    Version Papier
  • Poids
    980 g
  • Hauteur
    260 mm
  • Largeur
    190 mm
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