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Writing - Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization

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by Barry B. Powell
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Availability:In StockContributor:Barry B. PowellPublish date:2012-02-20Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wiley-BlackwellISBN-13:9781118255322ISBN-10:1118255321UPC:9781118255322Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Alphabets & Writing Systems, Ancient and Classical, WritingSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCQ2XA3FVX
Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization traces the origins of writing tied to speech from ancient Sumer through the Greek alphabet and beyond.
  • Examines the earliest evidence for writing in Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC, the origins of purely phonographic systems, and the mystery of alphabetic writing
  • Includes discussions of Ancient Egyptian, Chinese, and Mayan writing
  • Shows how the structures of writing served and do serve social needs and in turn create patterns of social behavior
  • Clarifies the argument with many illustrations
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wiley-BlackwellISBN-13:9781118255322ISBN-10:1118255321UPC:9781118255322Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Alphabets & Writing Systems, Ancient and Classical, WritingSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCQ2XA3FVX
Barry B. Powell is Halls-Bascom Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has written extensively on ancient Greek literature and the history of writing. His books include Homer and the Origin of the Greek Alphabet (1991), A New Companion to Homer (editor, with Ian Morris) (1997), Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature (2001), and two editions of Homer (second edition, Blackwell, 2007).
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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