Beschreibung:
"An ambitious exposition of the topic of memory and the transmission of knowledge in early modern Spain."--
Foreword, by Roger Chartier1. Hearing, Seeing, Reading, and Writing: The Forms and Uses of Words, Images, and Writing2. The Persuasion of the Word: A Voice; The Wonder of Images: A Portrait; The Power of Writing: A Talisman3. Natural History of the Written Text: Authors, Scribes, Printers, Booksellers, and Readers4. Classrooms, Libraries, and Archives as the Culmination of Human MemoryNotesBibliographyIndex of NamesAcknowledgments