Alphabetic Labyrinth: The Letters in History and Imagination
Johanna Drucker
320 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0500280681
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Language: English
Publish: 1126681200000
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Traces the history and evolution of writing from ancient times to the present, and discusses how the letters of the alphabet have been invested with political, mystical, and religious significance over the centuries