TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jacobs,Alan
TI  - The pleasures of reading in an age of distraction
SN  - 9780199747498 :
AV  - PN83 .J36 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Reading
KW  - Self-culture
KW  - Study skills
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - The author argues that reading is alive and well in America. Millions of devoted readers support hundreds of enormous bookstores and online booksellers. Jacobs's interactions with his students and the readers of his own books, however, suggest that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Jacobs 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
ER  -