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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, c1972.Edition: Rev. and updated edDescription: xiii, 426 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0671212095 (pbk.)
  • 067121280X
  • 9780671212094 (pbk.)
  • 9780671212803
Subject(s):
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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 801.95 A237 Available 33111006843656
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 801.95 A237 Available 33111006672659
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated.
You are told about the various levels of reading and how to achieve them -- from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading, you learn how to pigeonhole a book, X-ray it, extract the author's message, criticize. You are taught the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science.

Finally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension and speed.

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.

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