The Western Lit Survival Kit
How to Read the Classics Without Fear
$46.47
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
23 April 2012
Summary
An intelligent, witty and practical guide to the great works of Western literature.
There they sit, the great tomes of classical literature, taunting you with their length and difficulty, as you ask: which books are the most important and why? And what’s actually any good? Why does most writing about the classics have words like ‘seminal’ or ‘oeuvre’ in it? What does postmodernism mean? Can I get away with just reading the introduction?
Now you can enjoy the classics without f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141044521 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141044527 |
| Author: | Sandra Newman |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 23 April 2012 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
Sandra Newman
Sandra Newman is the author of Cake and The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done, and a memoir, Changeling. She is co-author of the bestselling How Not to Write a Novel and Read This Next. Newman lives in Brooklyn.
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