A History of Silence: From the Renaissance to the Present Day

by Alain Corbin (Author), Alain Corbin (Author), Jean Birrell (Translator)

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  Illustrated
  2018

  $15.41

  Silence is not simply the absence of noise. It is within us, in that inner citadel which great writers, thinkers, scholars and people of faith have cultivated over the centuries. Today, when noise is everywhere, distinguished historian Alain Corbin goes back to a time when speech was rare and precious.