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Contents S introduction 1 1. the reader as traveler: reading as recognition of the World 7 2. the reader in the ivory tower: reading as alienation from the World 51 3. the bookworm: the reader as inventor of the World 89 Conclusion: reading to live 111 notes 121 index 137 acknowledgments 143 ...

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