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Great Books
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Author : David Denby
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-06-18
Great Books written by David Denby and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
*NATIONAL BESTSELLER* “A lively adventure of the mind...The tone of the prose...is one of unqualified enthusiasm: energy, vigor, intellectual curiosity, and what might be called an ecstasy of imaginative journalism.” —The New York Times Book Review At the age of forty-eight, writer and film critic David Denby returned to Columbia University and re-enrolled in two core courses in Western civilization to confront the literary and philosophical masterpieces -- the "great books" -- that are now at the heart of the culture wars. In Great Books, he leads us on a glorious tour, a rediscovery and celebration of such authors as Homer and Boccaccio, Locke and Nietzsche. Conrad and Woolf. The resulting personal odyssey is an engaging blend of self-discovery, cultural commentary, reporting, criticism, and autobiography -- an inspiration for anyone in love with the written word.
Rescuing Socrates
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Author : Roosevelt Montas
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2023-03-21
Rescuing Socrates written by Roosevelt Montas and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A Dominican-born academic tells the story of how the Great Books transformed his life—and why they have the power to speak to people of all backgrounds What is the value of a liberal education? Traditionally characterized by a rigorous engagement with the classics of Western thought and literature, this approach to education is all but extinct in American universities, replaced by flexible distribution requirements and ever-narrower academic specialization. Many academics attack the very idea of a Western canon as chauvinistic, while the general public increasingly doubts the value of the humanities. In Rescuing Socrates, Dominican-born American academic Roosevelt Montás tells the story of how a liberal education transformed his life, and offers an intimate account of the relevance of the Great Books today, especially to members of historically marginalized communities. Montás emigrated from the Dominican Republic to Queens, New York, when he was twelve and encountered the Western classics as an undergraduate in Columbia University’s renowned Core Curriculum, one of America’s last remaining Great Books programs. The experience changed his life and determined his career—he went on to earn a PhD in English and comparative literature, serve as director of Columbia’s Center for the Core Curriculum, and start a Great Books program for low-income high school students who aspire to be the first in their families to attend college. Weaving together memoir and literary reflection, Rescuing Socrates describes how four authors—Plato, Augustine, Freud, and Gandhi—had a profound impact on Montás’s life. In doing so, the book drives home what it’s like to experience a liberal education—and why it can still remake lives.
Great Books Reader The
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Author : John Mark Reynolds
language : en
Publisher: Bethany House
Release Date : 2011-09
Great Books Reader The written by John Mark Reynolds and has been published by Bethany House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09 with Literary Collections categories.
Thirty 20-page excerpts of the most influential works of Western culture with essays on how they influenced Christian thought and practice.
A Great Idea At The Time
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Author : Alex Beam
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2010-09
A Great Idea At The Time written by Alex Beam and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09 with History categories.
Today the classics of the western canon, written by the proverbial ''dead white men,'' are cannon fodder in the culture wars. But in the 1950s and 1960s, they were a pop culture phenomenon. The Great Books of Western Civilization, fifty-four volumes chosen by intellectuals at the University of Chicago, began as an educational movement, and evolved into a successful marketing idea. Why did a million American households buy books by Hippocrates and Nicomachus from door-to-door salesmen? And how and why did the great books fall out of fashion? In A Great Idea at the Time Alex Beam explores the Great Books mania, in an entertaining and strangely poignant portrait of American popular culture on the threshold of the television age. Populated with memorable characters, A Great Idea at the Time will leave readers asking themselves: Have I read Lucretius's De Rerum Natura lately? If not, why not?
The Book Of Great Books
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Author : W. John Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Metro Publishing, Limited
Release Date : 2000
The Book Of Great Books written by W. John Campbell and has been published by Metro Publishing, Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with American literature categories.
Provides a list of one hundred world classics, offering information on plot, characters, main themes, symbolism, and composition for each book.
The Great Ideas Today 1970
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Author : Robert Maynard Hutchins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
The Great Ideas Today 1970 written by Robert Maynard Hutchins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Revolutions categories.
The Great Books Of The Western World
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Author : Paul F. Kisak
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-08-08
The Great Books Of The Western World written by Paul F. Kisak and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-08 with categories.
This 2 volume set gives a synopsis of more than 500 of these Great Books of The Western World by 161 authors which originally consisted of over 6 feet of books in 54 volumes.The Great Books of Western The Western World are books that are thought to constitute an essential foundation in the literature of Western culture. Specified sets of great books typically range from 100 to 150, though they differ according to purpose and context. For instance, some lists are built to be read by undergraduates in a college semester system (130 books, Torrey Honors Institute), some are compiled to be sold as a single set of volumes (500 books, Mortimer Adler), while some lists aim at a thorough literary criticism (2,400 books, Harold Bloom).The great books are those that tradition, and various institutions and authorities, have regarded as constituting or best expressing the foundations of Western culture (the Western canon is a similar but broader designation); derivatively the term also refers to a curriculum or method of education based around a list of such books. Mortimer Adler lists three criteria for including a book on the list:* the book has contemporary significance; that is, it has relevance to the problems and issues of our times;* the book is inexhaustible; it can be read again and again with benefit; "This is an exacting criterion, an ideal that is fully attained by only a small number of the 511 works that we selected. It is approximated in varying degrees by the rest." * the book is relevant to a large number of the great ideas and great issues that have occupied the minds of thinking individuals for the last 25 centuries. The Great Books of the Western World is a hardcover 60-volume collection (originally 54 volumes) of the books on the great books list (about 517 individual works). Many of the books in the collection were translated into English for the first time.This book is designed to be a state of the art, superb academic reference work and provide an overview of the topic and give the reader a structured knowledge to familiarize yourself with the topic at the most affordable price possible.The accuracy and knowledge is of an international viewpoint as the edited articles represent the inputs of many knowledgeable individuals and some of the most current knowledge on the topic, based on the date of publication.
The Trojan War
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Author : Barry Strauss
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2007-08-21
The Trojan War written by Barry Strauss and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-21 with History categories.
Drawing on archaeological research, an expert account of the famous historical battle confirms many details recounted in Homer's epic account, from Troy's alliance with the Hittite Empire to the significant fire at the end of the twelfth century and facts
The Great Ideas
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Author : Mortimer Jerome Adler
language : en
Publisher: Scribner
Release Date : 1999
The Great Ideas written by Mortimer Jerome Adler and has been published by Scribner this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Great books of the Western world categories.
Previously published: New York : Macmillan, 1992.
The Aeneid Workbook Old Western Culture
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Author : Callihan Wesley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-12-15
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