How to read a book /
Adler, Mortimer Jerome, 1902-2001.
How to read a book / by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles van Doren. - Rev. and updated ed. - New York : Simon and Schuster, c1972. - xiii, 426 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-362) and index.
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.
0671212095 (pbk.) 067121280X 9780671212094 (pbk.) 9780671212803
72081451
Reading.
How to read a book / by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles van Doren. - Rev. and updated ed. - New York : Simon and Schuster, c1972. - xiii, 426 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-362) and index.
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.
0671212095 (pbk.) 067121280X 9780671212094 (pbk.) 9780671212803
72081451
Reading.