Why Read the Classics?
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Why Read the Classics? is an elegant defence of the value of great literature by one of the finest authors of the last century. Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic (number... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0679415246
ISBN13:9780679415244
Release Date:August 1999
Publisher:Pantheon Books
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.28 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"
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A personal antology
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
The answer to the question sophisticatedly raised by this little anthology, is given in the essay which opens the collection.The basic reason lies in forming a personal scale of values that help you individualize the real artistic elements in new works. The second one is that reading increases the quality of living in usual and unusual situations, as well. But the quality of school anthologies and their presentations is still an open problem.
Calvino get you inloved with literature!!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
What makes a book a clasic? Borges once said in a conference, that the fact that a whole generation lives with the idea of a book makes it a classic, Calvino involve you in that idea..
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