The computer revolution is upon us. The future of books and of
reading are debated. Will there be books in the next millennium?
Will we still be reading? As uncertain as the answers to these
questions might be, as clear is the message about the value of the
book expressed by medieval writers. The contributors to the volume
The Book and the Magic of Reading in the Middle Ages explore the
significance of the written document as the key icon of a whole
era. Both philosophers and artists, both poets and clerics
wholeheartedly subscribed to the notion that reading and writing
represented essential epistemological tools for spiritual,
political, religious, and philosophical quests. To gain a deeper
understanding of the cultural significance of the medieval book,
the contributors to this volume examine pertinent statements by
medieval philosophers and French, German, English, Spanish, and
Italian poets.
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