具體描述
With more than half a million paperback copies in print and now in this stunning hardcover keepsake edition, How to Read a Book is the classic and definitive guide to reading comprehension and retention for students of literature, scholars across disciplines, and anyone who just loves to read.
Originally written in 1940 and first published by Simon & Schuster in 1972, How to Read a Book introduces and elucidates the various levels of reading and how to achieve them in order to gain the most understanding and insight from any book. From elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading and beyond, readers will learn when and how to “judge a book by its cover,” perceive structure no matter the prose, read critically, and extract the author’s message from the text.
Also included are specific reading techniques that work best for reading particular genres, whether they be practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy, or social science works. A recommended reading list and multiple comprehension tests are incorporated as well in order to measure progress in reading skills, speed, and understanding.
As poignant and applicable today as it was nearly seventy-five years ago, this beautiful hardcover edition is the perfect way for you to discover or rediscover How to Read a Book, a rare phenomenon and the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension.
著者簡介
Mortimer J. Adler was Chairman of the Board of the Encyclopedia Britannica, Director of the Institute for Philosophical Research, and Honorary Trustee of the Aspen Institute. He authored more than fifty books.
Dr. Charles Van Doren earned advanced degrees in both literature and mathematics from Columbia University, where he later taught English and was the Assistant Director of the Institute for Philosophical Research. He also worked for Encyclopedia Britannica in Chicago.
圖書目錄
PART ONE: The Dimensions of Reading
1. The Activity and Art of Reading 3
2. The Levels of Reading 16
3. The First Level of Reading: Elementary Reading 21
4. The Second Level of Reading: Inspectional Reading 31
5. How to be a Demanding Reader 45
PART TWO: The Third Level of Reading: Analytical Reading
6. Pigeonholing a Book 59
7. X-Raying a Book 75
8. Coming to Terms with an Author 96
9. Determining an Author’s Message 113
10. Criticizing a Book Fairly 136
11. Agreeing or Disagreeing with an Author 150
12. Aids to Reading 166
PART THREE: Approaches to Different Kinds of Reading Matter
13. How to Read Practical Books 187
14. How to Read Imaginative Literature 198
15. Suggestions for Reading Stories, Plays, and Poems 210
16. How to Read History 229
17. How to Read Science and Mathematics 249
18. How to Read Philosophy 264
19. How to Read Social Science 289
PART FOUR: The Ultimate Goals of Reading
20. The Fourth Level of Reading: Syntopical Reading 301
21. Reading and the Growth of the Mind 328
Appendix A. A Recommended Reading List 337
Appendix B. Exercises and Tests at the Four Levels of Reading 355
Index 419
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讀後感
1. Wonder is the beginning of wisdom in learning from books as well as from nature. P121 2. Many persons believe that they know how to read because they read at different speeds. But they pause and go slow over the wrong sentences. They pause over the sente...
評分1. Wonder is the beginning of wisdom in learning from books as well as from nature. P121 2. Many persons believe that they know how to read because they read at different speeds. But they pause and go slow over the wrong sentences. They pause over the sente...
評分1. Wonder is the beginning of wisdom in learning from books as well as from nature. P121 2. Many persons believe that they know how to read because they read at different speeds. But they pause and go slow over the wrong sentences. They pause over the sente...
評分1. Wonder is the beginning of wisdom in learning from books as well as from nature. P121 2. Many persons believe that they know how to read because they read at different speeds. But they pause and go slow over the wrong sentences. They pause over the sente...
評分1. Wonder is the beginning of wisdom in learning from books as well as from nature. P121 2. Many persons believe that they know how to read because they read at different speeds. But they pause and go slow over the wrong sentences. They pause over the sente...
用戶評價
讀罷，依舊時時縈繞腦中。
评分Inspect reading, active reading, read to grow.
评分太囉嗦瞭，很簡單的一點翻來覆去的講，反復闡述為什麼要這麼做，還舉一些個人觀點濃重（可能有失偏頗）的例子解釋，感覺作者把讀者視作nc
评分終於讀完瞭這本英文書，後麵的附錄沒有看，附錄裏列齣瞭一些作者認為重要的各方麵的書目，以後可以參考一下，但是前麵還是講的有些囉嗦啊，雖然方法比較簡單易懂。
评分非常好的閱讀指南。培根說：書有可淺嘗者，有可吞食者，少數則須咀嚼消化。這本書詳細介紹瞭如何“淺嘗吞食”，即閱讀的第二層次，瀏覽。很多書其實隻需要瀏覽一下就夠瞭：瀏覽標題、封頁、封底、前言、目錄，選一兩章感興趣快速過一遍，隻需十幾分鍾，最多不超過一個小時，就看完一本書瞭，是不是很快呢？第二種瀏覽閱讀換句話說就是好讀書不求甚解，適用於看一些新領域的書，遇見不認識的術語不用停下來，而是快速把全書過一遍，這個也適用於看英文書，直接跳過生詞。如果想提高速度同時彆睡著，有個辦法，用手指帶著你的眼睛看。
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