"Human beings were never born to read," writes Tufts University cognitive neuroscientist and child development expert Maryanne Wolf. Reading is a human invention that reflects how the brain rearranges itself to learn something new. In this ambitious, provocative book, Wolf chronicles the remarkable journey of the reading brain not only over the past five thousand years, since writing began, but also over the course of a single child's life, showing in the process why children with dyslexia have reading difficulties and singular gifts.
Lively, erudite, and rich with examples,...
"Human beings were never born to read," writes Tufts University cognitive neuroscientist and child development expert Maryanne Wolf. Reading is a h...
Ich habe mein Leben in den Dienst der Worter gestellt ich mochte heraus? nden, in welchen verborgenen Winkeln des Gehirns sie sich verstecken, ich mochte die verschiedenen Ebenen ihrer Bedeutung und Form erforschen und jungen Menschen von ihren Geheimn- sen erzahlen. Auf den folgenden Seiten lade ich Sie ein, sich die ungeheure schopferische Kraft vor Augen zu fuhren, die sich hinter dem Lesen von Wortern verbirgt. Keine Errungenschaft unserer geistigen Entwicklung sollten wir weniger selbstverstandlich h- nehmen vor allem in der heutigen Zeit, in der der Ubergang zur digitalen Kultur immer...
Ich habe mein Leben in den Dienst der Worter gestellt ich mochte heraus? nden, in welchen verborgenen Winkeln des Gehirns sie sich verstecken, ich moc...
The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universities. The category of "the literary" has always been contentious. What is clear, however, is how increasingly it is dismissed or is unrecognised as a way of thinking or an arena for thought. It is sceptically challenged from within, for example, by the sometimes rival claims of cultural history, contextualized explanation, or media studies. It is shaken from without by even greater...
The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about ...
