Slow Reading in a Hurried Age
Title | Slow Reading in a Hurried Age PDF eBook |
Author | David Mikics |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 2013-10-08 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0674728327 |
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 is a practical guide for anyone who yearns for a more meaningful and satisfying reading experience, and who wants to sharpen reading skills and improve concentration. David Mikics, a noted literary scholar, demonstrates exactly how the tried-and-true methods of slow reading can provide a more immersive, fulfilling experience. He begins with fourteen preliminary rules for slow reading and shows us how to apply them. The rules are followed by excursions into key genres, including short stories, novels, poems, plays, and essays. Reading, Mikics says, should not be drudgery, and not mere escape either, but a way to live life at a higher pitch. A good book is a pathway to finding ourselves, by getting lost in the words and works of others.
Slow Reading in a Hurried Age
Title | Slow Reading in a Hurried Age PDF eBook |
Author | David Mikics |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 333 |
Release | 2013-10-08 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0674728319 |
Reading, David Mikics says, should not be drudgery, and not mere information-gathering or escape either, but a way to live life at a higher pitch. Slow Reading in a Hurried Age is a practical guide for anyone who yearns for a more meaningful, satisfying reading experience, as well as sharper reading skills and improved concentration.
Slow Reading in a Hurried Age
Title | Slow Reading in a Hurried Age PDF eBook |
Author | David Mikics |
Publisher | Belknap Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013-10-08 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780674724723 |
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 is a practical guide for anyone who yearns for a more meaningful and satisfying reading experience, and who wants to sharpen reading skills and improve concentration. David Mikics, a noted literary scholar, demonstrates exactly how the tried-and-true methods of slow reading can provide a more immersive, fulfilling experience. He begins with fourteen preliminary rules for slow reading and shows us how to apply them. The rules are followed by excursions into key genres, including short stories, novels, poems, plays, and essays. Reading, Mikics says, should not be drudgery, and not mere escape either, but a way to live life at a higher pitch. A good book is a pathway to finding ourselves, by getting lost in the words and works of others.
Gandhi’s Printing Press
Title | Gandhi’s Printing Press PDF eBook |
Author | Isabel Hofmeyr |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 237 |
Release | 2013-03-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0674074742 |
When Gandhi as a young lawyer in South Africa began fashioning the tenets of his political philosophy, he was absorbed by a seemingly unrelated enterprise: creating a newspaper, Indian Opinion. In Gandhi’s Printing Press Isabel Hofmeyr provides an account of how this footnote to a career shaped the man who would become the world-changing Mahatma.
Hurry Up!
Title | Hurry Up! PDF eBook |
Author | Kate Dopirak |
Publisher | Beach Lane Books |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2020-05-19 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1534424970 |
A busy boy and his dog learn to slow down and enjoy life together in this lyrical, rhyming picture book perfect for hurried families everywhere. For one busy boy, life is all hurry up, hurry down, hurry round and round and round! That is until he takes a big breath...and a big break...and slows down to see all the wonderful things in the world around him. From celebrated picture book creators Kate Dopirak and Christopher Silas Neal, this playful yet powerful picture book reminds us to be present, to be mindful, and to appreciate each moment.
"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," Said the Sloth
Title | "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," Said the Sloth PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Carle |
Publisher | World of Eric Carle |
Pages | 31 |
Release | 2002-08-26 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0399239545 |
Set in the lush world of the tropical rain forest, this original picture book about a slow moving sloth who is smarter than he looks is an exquisite showcase for Carle's colorful collage art with a meaningful message. Full-color illustrations.
Stanley Kubrick
Title | Stanley Kubrick PDF eBook |
Author | David Mikics |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2020-08-18 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0300255616 |
An engrossing biography of one of the most influential filmmakers in cinematic history Kubrick grew up in the Bronx, a doctor’s son. From a young age he was consumed by photography, chess, and, above all else, movies. He was a self†‘taught filmmaker and self†‘proclaimed outsider, and his films exist in a unique world of their own outside the Hollywood mainstream. Kubrick’s Jewishness played a crucial role in his idea of himself as an outsider. Obsessed with rebellion against authority, war, and male violence, Kubrick was himself a calm, coolly masterful creator and a talkative, ever†‘curious polymath immersed in friends and family. Drawing on interviews and new archival material, Mikics for the first time explores the personal side of Kubrick’s films.