How to read a book / by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles van Doren.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Simon and Schuster, [1972]Copyright date: 1972Edition: Revised and updated editionDescription: xiii, 426 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 067121280X
  • 9780671212803
  • 0671212095
  • 9780671212094
  • 1439510261
  • 9781439510261
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN 83 .A43 1972
Contents:
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 -- 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 -- 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 -- The ultimate goals of reading: The fourth level of reading: syntopical reading ; Reading and the growth of the mind.
Summary: Investigates the art of reading by examining each aspect of reading, problems encountered, and tells how to combat them.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection PN 83 .A43 1972 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98649735

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-362) and index.

Investigates the art of reading by examining each aspect of reading, problems encountered, and tells how to combat them.

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 -- 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 -- 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 -- The ultimate goals of reading: The fourth level of reading: syntopical reading ; Reading and the growth of the mind.

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