Book Description
A posthumously published collection of thirty-six essays offering Italo Calvino's invigorating and illuminating analysis of his most treasured literary classics.
Author : Italo Calvino
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 17,77 MB
Release : 2014-12-16
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0544146379
A posthumously published collection of thirty-six essays offering Italo Calvino's invigorating and illuminating analysis of his most treasured literary classics.
Author : Adam & Missy Andrews
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 23,56 MB
Release : 2017-01-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780998322919
Author : Louise Cowan
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,63 MB
Release : 2006-08-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780801068102
Motivation and direction for reading and understanding the great authors and works of Western culture.
Author : Anthony Grafton
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 38,96 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780472106264
A distinctive history of the traditions of reading and life in the Renaissance library, as seen in the texts of Renaissance intellectuals
Author : Henry Eliot
Publisher : Random House
Page : 1904 pages
File Size : 39,37 MB
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0141990937
**Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year** The Penguin Classics Book is a reader's companion to the largest library of classic literature in the world. Spanning 4,000 years from the legends of Ancient Mesopotamia to the poetry of the First World War, with Greek tragedies, Icelandic sagas, Japanese epics and much more in between, it encompasses 500 authors and 1,200 books, bringing these to life with lively descriptions, literary connections and beautiful cover designs.
Author : Colin Mochrie
Publisher : Diversion Publishing Corp.
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 25,75 MB
Release : 2013-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1626811121
The improv star of Whose Line Is It Anyway? puts his “unique comic vision” to work on a range of literary classics (Toronto Star). Based on the improv game First Line, Last Line, actor and comedian Colin Mochrie puts his own spin on works of classic literature. Taking the first line and last line from classic books and poems, Colin recasts these familiar stories in his own trademark offbeat style. Join in the fun as a rainy day at home becomes a zombie-killing adventure in The Cat and My Dad . . . as well as riffs on everything from A Tale of Two Cities to a classic Sherlock Holmes novel, proving that no literary masterpiece is too big, or too small, for the improvisational comedy treatment. “Colin Mochrie is a comedic and creative force to be reckoned with. Therefore, this book is a literary force to be reckoned with. If you are too lazy for reckoning, just read this book and everything will work out nicely.” —Brad Sherwood “Colin Mochrie is devastatingly handsome, perilously smart, and smells like warm maple syrup. Step inside his hilarious and complex mind, and abandon all hope.” —Aisha Tyler
Author : Elisa Gabbert
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,51 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781939568267
Literary Nonfiction. Women's Studies. Memoir. Cultural Criticism. In THE WORD PRETTY Elisa Gabbert brings together humor and observational intelligence to create a roving and curious series of lyrical essays on writing, reading, and living. Combining elements of criticism, meditation, and personal essay, this book reveals a poet's attention turned to subjects from translation to aphorism, from unreliable memory to beauty and the male gaze.
Author : Carl J Richard
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 50,26 MB
Release : 2009-07-23
Category :
ISBN : 0674054490
In a masterful study Carl Richard explores how the Greek and Roman classics became enshrined in American antebellum culture. For the first time, knowledge of the classics extended beyond aristocratic males to the middle class, women, African Americans, and frontier settlers. The Civil War led to a radical alteration of the educational system in a way that steadily eroded the preeminence of the classics.
Author : Michael Dirda
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 42,98 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780156033855
In these delightful essays, Pulitzer Prize winner Dirda introduces nearly 90 of the world's most entertaining books, covering masterpieces of fantasy, science fiction, horror, adventure, epics, history, and children's literature.
Author : Carl J. Richard
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 12,11 MB
Release : 1995-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674314269
The influence of Greek and Roman authors on our American forefathers finally becomes clear in this fascinating book—the first comprehensive study of the founders’ classical reading.