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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Mortimer Jerome Adler; Charles Van Doren |
ISBN: | 9780671212094 0671212095 |
OCLC Number: | 1249556470 |
Notes: | "A Touchstone book." Includes index. |
Description: | xiii, 426 pages ; 21 cm |
Contents: | Part one. The dimensions of reading. The activity and art of reading -- The levels of reading -- The first level of reading: elementary reading -- The second level of reading: inspectional reading -- How to be a demanding reader -- Part two. The third level of reading: analytical reading. Pigeonholing a book -- X-raying a book -- Coming to terms with an author -- Determining an author's message -- Criticizing a book fairly -- Agreeing or disagreeing with an author -- Aids to reading -- Part three. Approaches to different kinds of reading matter. How to read practical books -- How to read imaginative literature -- Suggestions for reading stories, plays, and poems -- How to read history -- How to read science and mathematics -- How to read philosophy -- How to read social science -- Part four. The ultimate goals of reading. The fourth level of reading: syntopical reading -- Reading and the growth of the mind. |
Responsibility: | Mortimer J. Adler and Charles van Doren. |
Abstract:
Investigates the art of reading by examining each aspect of reading, problems encountered, and tells how to combat them.
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