The Spell of the Song: Letters, Meaning, and English PoetryThis book investigates the nature of the alphabet as a medium of communication. The general thesis is that writing is not a merely transparent or empty item like air or glass; rather, the alphabet is both modifier and enabler of meaning itself: The book investigates the general implications of this thesis. |
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Acknowledgements | 13 |
The Abecedary Some Historical | 39 |
Beginnings | 46 |
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| Título | The Spell of the Song: Letters, Meaning, and English Poetry |
| Autor | John Powell Ward |
| Edición | ilustrada |
| Editor | Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2004 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 1 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0838639879, 9780838639870 |
| Largo | 495 páginas |
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