The letter and the cosmos : how the alphabet has shaped the Western view of the world / Laurence de Looze.

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"From our first ABCs to the Book of Revelation's statement that Jesus is "the Alpha and Omega," we see the world through our letters. More than just a way of writing, the alphabet is a powerful concept that has shaped Western civilization and our daily lives. In The Letter and the Cosmos, Laurence d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Looze, Laurence (Author)
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Alphabet > History.
Civilization, Western.
Alphabet.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiii, 50 unnumbered unnumbered pages of plates, 218 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Variant Title:
Letter & the cosmos.
Format: Book
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