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019 a| 870663534;

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020 a| 0804171637 (paperback);

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100 1 a| Mendelsund, Petere| author.=| ^A1251741;

245 10 a| What we see when we read :b| a phenomenology ; with illustrations /c| Peter Mendelsund.;

250 a| First Vintage Books edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Vintage Books, a division of Random House LLC,c| 2014.;

300 a| xix, 419 pages :b| illustrations, music ;c| 21 cm.;

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

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338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

490 0 a| Vintage original;

520 a| "A gorgeously unique, fully illustrated exploration into the phenomenology of reading--how we visualize images from reading works of literature, from one of our very best book jacket designers, himself a passionate reader. What do we see when we read? Did Tolstoy really describe Anna Karenina? Did Melville ever really tell us what, exactly, Ishmael looked like? The collection of fragmented images on a page--a graceful ear there, a stray curl, a hat positioned just so--and other clues and signifiers helps us to create an image of a character. But in fact our sense that we know a character intimately has little to do with our ability to concretely picture our beloved--or reviled--literary figures. In this remarkable work of nonfiction, Knopf's Associate Art Director Peter Mendelsund combines his profession, as an award-winning designer; his first career, as a classically trained pianist; and his first love, literature--he considers himself first and foremost as a reader--into what is sure to be one of the most provocative and unusual investigations into how we understand the act of reading"--c| Provided by publisher.;

520 a| "An illustrated exploration into the phenomenology of reading"--c| Provided by publisher.;

505 0 a| Picturing "picturing" -- Fictions -- Openings -- Time -- Vividness -- Performance -- Sketching -- Skill -- Co-creation -- Maps & rules -- Abstractions -- Eyes, ocular vision, & media -- Memory & fantasy -- Synesthesia -- Signifiers -- Belief -- Models -- The part & the whole -- It is blurred.;

650 0 a| Books and reading.=| ^A16354;

650 0 a| Phenomenology.=| ^A13419;

650 0 a| Visual perception in literature.=| ^A140586;

650 7 a| LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.2| bisacsh;

650 7 a| PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics.2| bisacsh;

650 7 a| ART / General.2| bisacsh;

650 7 a| Books and reading.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst00836454;

650 7 a| Phenomenology.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01060522;

650 7 a| Visual perception in literature.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01168077;

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What we see when we read : a phenomenology ; with illustrations / Peter Mendelsund.

Author/creator	Mendelsund, Peter author.
Format	Book
Edition	First Vintage Books edition.
Publication	New York : Vintage Books, a division of Random House LLC, 2014.
Description	xix, 419 pages : illustrations, music ; 21 cm.
Subjects	Books and reading. Phenomenology. Visual perception in literature.

Series	Vintage original
Contents	Picturing "picturing" -- Fictions -- Openings -- Time -- Vividness -- Performance -- Sketching -- Skill -- Co-creation -- Maps & rules -- Abstractions -- Eyes, ocular vision, & media -- Memory & fantasy -- Synesthesia -- Signifiers -- Belief -- Models -- The part & the whole -- It is blurred.
Abstract	"A gorgeously unique, fully illustrated exploration into the phenomenology of reading--how we visualize images from reading works of literature, from one of our very best book jacket designers, himself a passionate reader. What do we see when we read? Did Tolstoy really describe Anna Karenina? Did Melville ever really tell us what, exactly, Ishmael looked like? The collection of fragmented images on a page--a graceful ear there, a stray curl, a hat positioned just so--and other clues and signifiers helps us to create an image of a character. But in fact our sense that we know a character intimately has little to do with our ability to concretely picture our beloved--or reviled--literary figures. In this remarkable work of nonfiction, Knopf's Associate Art Director Peter Mendelsund combines his profession, as an award-winning designer; his first career, as a classically trained pianist; and his first love, literature--he considers himself first and foremost as a reader--into what is sure to be one of the most provocative and unusual investigations into how we understand the act of reading"-- Provided by publisher.
Abstract	"An illustrated exploration into the phenomenology of reading"-- Provided by publisher.
LCCN	2014007896
ISBN	9780804171632 (paperback)
ISBN	0804171637 (paperback)

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