The Great Books: A Journey through 2,500 Years of the West's Classic Literature
(eBook)
Author
Published
Skyhorse Publishing, 2023.
Format
eBook
ISBN
9781684516872
Status
Available Online
Description
Loading Description...
Also in this Series
Checking series information...
More Details
Language
English
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Anthony O'Hear., & Anthony O'Hear|AUTHOR. (2023). The Great Books: A Journey through 2,500 Years of the West's Classic Literature . Skyhorse Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Anthony O'Hear and Anthony O'Hear|AUTHOR. 2023. The Great Books: A Journey Through 2,500 Years of the West's Classic Literature. Skyhorse Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Anthony O'Hear and Anthony O'Hear|AUTHOR. The Great Books: A Journey Through 2,500 Years of the West's Classic Literature Skyhorse Publishing, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Anthony O'Hear, and Anthony O'Hear|AUTHOR. The Great Books: A Journey Through 2,500 Years of the West's Classic Literature Skyhorse Publishing, 2023.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
Staff View
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | 7436b78a-2e0c-7fcc-4bb8-6305551ce821-eng |
---|---|
Full title | great books a journey through 2 500 years of the wests classic literature |
Author | ohear anthony |
Grouping Category | book |
Last Update | 2024-05-22 12:01:17PM |
Last Indexed | 2024-06-01 01:43:45AM |
Book Cover Information
Image Source | hoopla |
---|---|
First Loaded | May 7, 2024 |
Last Used | May 7, 2024 |
Hoopla Extract Information
stdClass Object ( [year] => 2023 [artist] => Anthony O'Hear [fiction] => [coverImageUrl] => https://cover.hoopladigital.com/ssd_9781684516872_270.jpeg [titleId] => 16237699 [isbn] => 9781684516872 [abridged] => [language] => ENGLISH [profanity] => [title] => The Great Books [demo] => [segments] => Array ( ) [pages] => 400 [children] => [artists] => Array ( [0] => stdClass Object ( [name] => Anthony O'Hear [artistFormal] => O'Hear, Anthony [relationship] => AUTHOR ) ) [genres] => Array ( [0] => Ancient & Classical [1] => Books & Reading [2] => European [3] => Literary Criticism ) [price] => 1.29 [id] => 16237699 [edited] => [kind] => EBOOK [active] => 1 [upc] => [synopsis] => "An illuminating, learned, well-written, and entertaining survey of the giants of world literature. Busy people, and especially the young, will be grateful for this useful and concise introduction." -Paul Johnson Not simply a grand work of reference, The Great Books is a captivating journey through two-and-a-half millennia of the great Western tradition. The eminent British philosopher Anthony O'Hear is our capable tour guide, taking readers on an exhilarating tour through 2,500 years of books as powerful, thrilling, erotic, politically astute, and awe-inspiring as any modern bestseller. The Great Books is a fascinating narrative that encompasses history, myth, art, music, theater, and more. O'Hear sweeps us along from Homer's Iliad to Goethe's Faust, covering much ground in between. In Homer's poems of epic struggle we discover not only the fascination and pleasure we can derive, but also why these works became the fountainhead of Western literature. From Greek tragedy we feel the power of the ancient myths, while from Plato's Death of Socrates we see what may have killed off the tragic spirit. In Virgil's Aeneid we ponder the close connections to-and puzzling contrasts with-Homer; in Dante's terrifying and sublime Divine Comedy we encounter Virgil once again, this time as mentor and guide through Hell; and in Milton's phantasmagoric Paradise Lost we find the Christian story given epic shape and power. And of course, in Shakespeare we experience the great dramatist's particular and incomparable genius. There is much more beyond-from Ovid and Augustine to Chaucer and Cervantes, Pascal and Racine. The Great Books is a spirited and enlightening guide to the great works of the Western tradition, shot through with a love of literature and the author's deeply held belief in its power to enrich and enliven everyone's world. [url] => https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/16237699 [pa] => [subtitle] => A Journey through 2,500 Years of the West's Classic Literature [publisher] => Skyhorse Publishing [purchaseModel] => INSTANT )