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Great Books: My Adventures With Homer, Rousseau, Woolf, and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World
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Hardcover
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from Simon & Schuster (September 1, 1996)
9780684809755 | details & prices | 492 pages | 6.75 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.75 lbs | List price $30.00
About: Explores the current debate about what constitutes a classic and the revolutionary power great works of literature contain
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Reprint edition from Touchstone Books (September 25, 1997)
9780684835334 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $16.99
About: Explores the current debate about what constitutes a classic and the revolutionary power great works of literature contain
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With Edward Asner (other contributor) | Abridged edition from Audio Literature (March 1, 1998)
9781574531794 | details & prices | 7.00 × 7.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $25.95
About: At the age of 48, film critic David Denby decided to return to Columbia University and re-take the courses he took as a student in 1961: Literature, Humanities and Contemporary Civilization.
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Reprint edition from Paw Prints (June 26, 2008)
9781439503041 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.64 lbs | List price $25.00
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Publisher Touchstone Books
Publication date September 25, 1997
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780684835334
ISBN-10 0684835339
Dimensions 1.25 by 6.50 by 9.25 in.
Weight 1.25 lbs.
Original list price $16.99
Summary
A film critic for The New Yorker revisits some of the world's greatest works of literature, assesses their significance in the evolution of Western civilization, and explores the current debate about what constitutes a classic and the revolutionary power great works of literature contain. Reissue. 15,000 first printing. (view table of contents)
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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.

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