《Letter Perfect》是Broadway出版的圖書，作者是David Sacks
基本介紹
- ISBN：9780767911733
- 作者：David Sacks
- 出版社：Broadway
- 出版時間：2004年8月3日
- 頁數：416
- 定價：USD 15.95
- 裝幀：Paperback
內容簡介
David Sacks has embarked on a fun, lively, and learned excursion into the alphabet-and into cultural history-in" Letter Perfect," Clearly explaining the letters as symbols of precise sounds of speech, the book begins with the earliest known alphabetic inscriptions (circa 1800 b.c.), recently discovered by archaeologists in Egypt, and traces the history of our alphabet through t...(展開全部) David Sacks has embarked on a fun, lively, and learned excursion into the alphabet-and into cultural history-in" Letter Perfect," Clearly explaining the letters as symbols of precise sounds of speech, the book begins with the earliest known alphabetic inscriptions (circa 1800 b.c.), recently discovered by archaeologists in Egypt, and traces the history of our alphabet through the ancient Phoenicians, Greeks, and Romans and up through medieval Europe to the present day. But the heart of the book is the twenty-six fact-filled "biographies" of letters A through Z, each one identifying the letter's particular significance for modern readers, tracing its development from ancient forms, and discussing its noteworthy role in literature and other media. We learn, for example, why letter X may have a sinister and sexual aura, how B came to signify second best, why the word "mother" in many languages starts with M. Combining facts both odd and essential, "Letter Perfect" is cultural history at its most accessible and enjoyable.
