The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs - 9780199747498
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of DistractionAuthor(s): Alan Jacobs
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, United States
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN-13: 9780199747498, 978-0199747498
Synopsis
Is reading under threat? No, says Alan Jacobs--but people do need help iand encouragemnt to enjoy it to the full.
Jacobs's experience as a lecturer and many-time author suggests that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Many have absorbed the puritanical message that reading is, first and foremost, good for you--the intellectual equivalent of eating your Brussels sprouts. For such people, indeed for all readers, Jacobs offers some simple, powerful, and much needed advice: read at whim, read what gives you delight, and do so without shame, whether it be Stephen King or the King James Version of the Bible.
He offers an insightful, accessibl.
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The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs - 9780199747498
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of DistractionAuthor(s): Alan Jacobs
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, United States
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN-13: 9780199747498, 978-0199747498
Synopsis
Is reading under threat? No, says Alan Jacobs--but people do need help iand encouragemnt to enjoy it to the full.
Jacobs's experience as a lecturer and many-time author suggests that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Many have absorbed the puritanical message that reading is, first and foremost, good for you--the intellectual equivalent of eating your Brussels sprouts. For such people, indeed for all readers, Jacobs offers some simple, powerful, and much needed advice: read at whim, read what gives you delight, and do so without shame, whether it be Stephen King or the King James Version of the Bible.
He offers an insightful, accessibl.
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The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of DistractionAuthor(s): Alan Jacobs
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, United States
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN-13: 9780199747498, 978-0199747498
Synopsis
Is reading under threat? No, says Alan Jacobs--but people do need help iand encouragemnt to enjoy it to the full.
Jacobs's experience as a lecturer and many-time author suggests that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Many have absorbed the puritanical message that reading is, first and foremost, good for you--the intellectual equivalent of eating your Brussels sprouts. For such people, indeed for all readers, Jacobs offers some simple, powerful, and much needed advice: read at whim, read what gives you delight, and do so without shame, whether it be Stephen King or the King James Version of the Bible.
He offers an insightful, accessibl.
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