Slow Reading in a Hurried Age

by David Mikics

Book Overview

Wrapped in the glow of the computer or phone screen, we cruise websites; we skim and skip. We glance for a brief moment at whatever catches our eye and then move on. Slow Reading in a Hurried Age reminds us of another mode of reading--the kind that requires our full attention and that has as its goal not the mere gathering of information but the deeper understanding that only good books can offer.

Slow Reading in a Hurried Age...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674724720
• ISBN13: 9780674724723
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.7" x 8.3"