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The Chapter: A Segmented History from Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century
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Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism
Shortlisted for the Christian Gauss Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society
A history of the chapter from its origins in antiquity to today
Why do books have chapters? With this seemingly simple question, Nicholas Dames embarks on a literary journey spanning two millennia, revealing how an ancient editorial technique became a universally recognized component of narrative art and a means to register the sensation of time.
Dames begins with t...
Shortlisted for the Christian Gauss Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society
A history of the chapter from its origins in antiquity to today
Why do books have chapters? With this seemingly simple question, Nicholas Dames embarks on a literary journey spanning two millennia, revealing how an ancient editorial technique became a universally recognized component of narrative art and a means to register the sensation of time.
Dames begins with t...