The alphabetic labyrinth the letters in history and imagination Drucker Johanna creator text London Thames and Hudson Ltd 1999 monographic eng .
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320 p.; ill.; 26 cm J. Drucker [The alphabet in context. Origins and historians. The alphabet in classical history, philosophy and divination. Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Neo-platonism and Neo-pythagoreanism: the alphabet in Hellenistic and Early Christian era. Calligraphy, alchemy and ars combinatoria in the medieval period. The Kabbalah. Rationalizing the alphabet: construction, real character and philosophical languages in the Renaissance. The social contract, primitivism and nationalism: the alphabet in the 18th century. The alphabet in the 19th century: advertising, visible speech and narratives of history. 20th century: eclecticism, technology and the idiosyncratic imagination] Notes - p.: 309-311; Biblio. - p.: 312-315; Index - p.: 316-320 Alphabet history Writing history 003.334.1/D-83 0500280681 SEM 180718 20220608074054.0