The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

出版者:Oxford University Press

作者:Alan Jacobs

页数:176

出版时间:2011-5-26

价格:USD 19.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780199747498

具体描述

Is reading under threat? No, says Alan Jacobs--but people do need help iand encouragemnt to enjoy it to the full. Jacobs's experience as a lecturer and many-time author suggests that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Many have absorbed the puritanical message that reading is, first and foremost, good for you--the intellectual equivalent of eating your Brussels sprouts. For such people, indeed for all readers, Jacobs offers some simple, powerful, and much needed advice: read at whim, read what gives you delight, and do so without shame, whether it be Stephen King or the King James Version of the Bible. He offers an insightful, accessible, and playfully irreverent guide for aspiring readers. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of approaching literary fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, and the book explores everything from the invention of silent reading, reading responsively, rereading, and reading on electronic devices. Invitingly written, with equal measures of wit and erudition, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction will appeal to all readers, whether they be novices looking for direction or old hands seeking to recapture the pleasures of reading they first experienced as children.

作者简介

艾伦•雅各布斯（Alan Jacobs）

美国贝勒大学荣誉项目人文学科杰出教授、宗教研究系常驻教师。

著有：《纳尼亚传奇：C.S. 刘易斯传》、《原罪：文化史》和《阅读的神学》。

他关于文学、文化的评论作品广泛刊登于《波士顿环球报》、《美国学者》、《牛津美国》等。

读后感

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用户评价

批评布鲁姆有精英主义很对，慢速与重读也不错。不过对艾德勒和范多伦两人的批评，我只能说是瞎操心。不把阅读当做愉悦身心的人恐怕只有学术界的职业读者了，不读书的人从来都不读书。

This is one of those books that book lovers will truly resonate with.

A book by an English professor, a change of pace from the more serious stuff I am reading. 读后觉得比预期要好。有共鸣。很可爱的一本小书。一个爱书人写给别的爱书人看的。

批评布鲁姆有精英主义很对，慢速与重读也不错。不过对艾德勒和范多伦两人的批评，我只能说是瞎操心。不把阅读当做愉悦身心的人恐怕只有学术界的职业读者了，不读书的人从来都不读书。

A book by an English professor, a change of pace from the more serious stuff I am reading. 读后觉得比预期要好。有共鸣。很可爱的一本小书。一个爱书人写给别的爱书人看的。