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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Simon and Schuster [1972]Edition: Rev. and updated edDescription: xiii, 426 pages 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 067121280X
  • 9780671212803
  • 0671212095
  • 9780671212094
  • 1567310109
  • 9781567310108
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: How to read a book.DDC classification:
  • 028
LOC classification:
  • PN83 .A43 1972
NLM classification:
  • 028 A23h
Online resources:
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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-362).

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.

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

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