Worlds made by words
scholarship and community in the modern West
Edición de la obra Worlds made by words
| Autor | Anthony Grafton |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Harvard University Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 2009 |
| Lugar | Cambridge, Mass |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 422 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780674032576 |
| OCLC | 256767520 |
| LCCN | 2008041248 |
| Número de Cutter | G737w |
"In this book Anthony Grafton lets us in on one of the great secrets of scholars and intellectuals: although scholars lead solitary lives in order to win independence of mind, they also enjoy the conviviality of sharing a project sustained by common ideals, practices, and institutions. It's like Masonry, but without the secret handshakes. Grafton reveals the microdynamics of the scholarly life through a series of essays on institutions and on scholars ranging from early modern polymaths to modern intellectual historians to American thinkers and writers."--Jacket.