Space Between Words The Origin of Silent Reading

"Saenger outlined his revolutionary thesis 15 years ago in his famous essay 'Silent Reading'; the present magisterial book retells the story step by step. . . . Paleographic studies rarely command wide audiences, but Saenger tells so important a story that Space Between Words will interest all who are concerned with the history of reading or the book." Choice "Saenger's remarkable new book . . . demonstrates that . . . the scribal innovations of medieval Europe were no less seminal and far-reaching thatn those of post-Gutenberg typesetters. . . . for the first time, we see the evolution of writing, print, and computing not as a succession of fitful revolutions but, rather, as a continuum of technological innovation."College and Research LibrariesSaenger, Paul is the author of 'Space Between Words The Origin of Silent Reading' with ISBN 9780804740166 and ISBN 080474016X.