{"product_id":"9781442624122","title":"The Letter and the Cosmos: How the Alphabet Has Shaped the Western View of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Letter and the Cosmos\u003c\/em\u003e, Laurence de Looze probes that influence, showing how the alphabet has served as a lens through which we conceptualize the world and how the world, and sometimes the whole cosmos, has been perceived as a kind of alphabet itself. Beginning with the ancient Greeks, he traces the use of alphabetic letters and their significance from Plato to postmodernism, offering a fascinating tour through Western history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sharp and entertaining examination of how languages, letterforms, orthography, and writing tools have reflected our hidden obsession with the alphabet, \u003cem\u003eThe Letter and the Cosmos\u003c\/em\u003e is illustrated with copious examples of the visual and linguistic phenomena which de Looze describes. Read it, and you’ll never look at the alphabet the same way again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140179050736,"sku":"9781442624122","price":84.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442624122_p0.jpg?v=1763813650","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442624122","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}