The Library and the Modern Mind: Paratexts of Library Space.
‘The Library and the Modern Mind’ represents a component of my research into the history and nature of libraries and book collections for my PhD thesis (through the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University). In ‘The Library and the Modern Mind’ I will discuss the nature of lib...
| Published in: | International Journal of the Humanities Vol. 3; no. 7; pp. 211 - 219 |
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Common Ground Research Networks
Mar2006
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