Title Wax tablets of the mind : cognitive studies of memory and literacy in classical antiquity / Jocelyn Penny Small

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 377 pages) Contents Part Part ILogistics of the classical literate -- chapter 1 MEMORY FOR WORDS -- chapter 2 ANCIENT BOOKS -- chapter 3 'PUBLICATION' -- chapter 4 THE ORGANIZATION OF COLLECTIONS OF WORDS -- chapter 5 RETRIEVAL: DOCUMENTS AND TEXTS -- chapter 6 THE COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MUSES -- part Part IIThe historical development of ancient memory techniques -- chapter 7 THE GREEK METHODS -- chapter 8 THE ROMAN CONTRIBUTION -- chapter 9 OTHER ADVICE FOR IMPROVING MEMORY -- part Part IIIWriting habits of the literate -- chapter 10 TOOLS OF THE TRADE -- chapter 11 RESEARCH TECHNIQUES -- chapter 12 COMPOSING THE WORK -- chapter 13 TYPES OF WORKS OR GENRES -- chapter 14 14INDIRECT APPLICATIONS OF THE ART OF MEMORY Summary Jocelyn Small's erudite volume represents a timely insight into the topical areas of literacy and memory, and provides a controversial and challenging analysis of the cognitive processes and their modes of display and retrieval Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-363) and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Cognition and culture -- Greece Cognition and culture -- Rome Oral tradition -- Greece Oral tradition -- Rome Literacy -- Greece Literacy -- Rome Memory. Cognition and culture -- Greece -- History Cognition and culture -- Rome -- History Literacy -- Greece -- History Literacy -- Rome -- History Culture -- history Cognition -- history Greek World Roman World Memory memory (psychological concept) SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- Memory Improvement. Cognition and culture Literacy Memory Oral tradition Geheugen. Alfabetisme. Klassieke oudheid. Littérature -- Mémorisation -- Grèce -- Histoire -- Antiquité. Littérature -- Mémorisation -- Rome -- Histoire -- Antiquité. Mémoire. Cognition et culture -- Grèce -- Histoire -- Antiquité. Cognition et culture -- Rome -- Histoire -- Antiquité. Greece Rome (Empire) Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 0203441605 9780203441602

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