How to Read a Book：The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

图书标准信息

• 作者 Mortimer J.（莫蒂默·J·艾德勒）、Charles Lincoln Van Doren（查尔斯·林肯·凡·多伦） 著
• 出版社 Oversea Publishing House
• 出版时间 2007-12
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780671212094
• 定价 145.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 426页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

HowtoReadaBook,originallypublishedin1940,hasbecomeararephenomenon,alivingclassic.Itisthebestandmostsuccessfulguidetoreadingcomprehensionforthegeneralreader.Andnowithasbeencompletelyrewrittenandupdated.Youaretoldaboutthevariouslevelsofreadingandhowtoachievethem--fromelementaryreading,throughsystematicskimmingandinspectionalreading,tospeedreading,youlearnhowtopigeonholeabook,X-rayit,extracttheauthor'smessage,criticize.Youaretaughtthedifferentreadingtechniquesforreadingpracticalbooks,imaginativeliterature,plays,poetry,history,scienceandmathematics,philosophyandsocialscience.Finally,theauthorsofferarecommendedreadinglistandsupplyreadingtestswherebyyoucanmeasureyourownprogressinreadingskills,comprehensionandspeed.

【作者简介】

MortimerJeromeAdler(December28,1902–June28,2001)wasanAmericanphilosopher,educator,andpopularauthor.AsaphilosopherheworkedwithintheAristotelianandThomistictraditions.HelivedforthelongeststretchesinNewYorkCity,Chicago,SanFrancisco,andSanMateo,California.HeworkedforColumbiaUniversity,theUniversityofChicago,EncyclopædiaBritannica,andAdler'sownInstituteforPhilosophicalResearch.Adlerwasmarriedtwiceandhadfourchildren.

CharlesLincolnVanDoren(bornFebruary12,1926)isanAmericanintellectual,writer,andeditorwhowasinvolvedinatelevisionquizshowscandalinthe1950s.HeconfessedbeforetheUnitedStatesCongressthathehadbeengiventhecorrectanswersbytheproducersoftheshowTwentyOne.

【目录】

Preface
PART ONE THE DIMENSIONS OF READING
1.The Activity and Art OF reading
2. The Levels of Reading
3. The First Level of Reading:Elementary Reading
4.The Second Level of Reading:Inspectonal Reading
5.How to Be a Demanding Reader
PART TWO THE THIRD LEVEL OF READING ANALYTICAL READING
6.Pigeonholing a Book
7.X-raying a Book
8.Coming to Terms with an Author
9.Determining an Author's Message
10.Criticizing a Book Fairly
11.Agreeing or Disagreeing wian Author
12.Aids to Reading
PART THREE　APPROACHES TO DIFFERENT KINDS　OF READING MATTER
13.How to Read Practical Books
14.How to Read Imaginative Literature
15.Suggestions for Reading Stories, Plays, and Poems
16.How to Read History
17.How to Read Science and Mathematics
18.How to Read Philosophy
19.How to Read Social Science
PART FOUR THE ULTIMATE GOALS OF READING
20.The Fourth Level of Reading:Syntopical Reading
21.Reading and the Growth of the Mind
Appendix A.A Recommended Reading List
Appendix B.Exercises and Tests at the Four Levels of Reading
Index