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100 1 _aDrucker Johanna
245 2 4 _aThe alphabetic labyrinth:
_bthe letters in history and imagination. /
_cJ. Drucker
260 _aLondon:
_bThames and Hudson Ltd,
_c1999.
300 _a320 p.;
_bill.;
_c26 cm
500 _a[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]
504 _aNotes - p.: 309-311; Biblio. - p.: 312-315; Index - p.: 316-320
650 _aAlphabet
_xhistory
650 _aWriting
_xhistory
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