CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Acknowledgements
T
HE
L
AST
P
AGE
The Last Page
A
CTS OF
R
EADING
Reading Shadows
The Silent Readers
The Book of Memory
Learning to Read
The Missing First Page
Picture Reading
Being Read To
The Shape of the Book
Private Reading
Metaphors of Reading
P
OWERS OF THE
R
EADER
Beginnings
Ordainers of the Universe
Reading the Future
The Symbolic Reader
Reading within Walls
Stealing Books
The Author as Reader
The Translator as Reader
Forbidden Reading
The Book Fool
E
NDPAPER
P
AGES
Endpaper Pages
N
OTES
Plate Credits