Description: ADVENTURES OF THE MIND WITH INDESTRUCTIBLE WRITERS THIS EMINENTLY READABLE BOOK IS A CELEBRATION OF GREAT WORKS of Western literature and thinking, works on which much of our civilization is based. It came about when a successful journalist and critic, David Denby, decided at the age of 48 to return to Columbia University to retake two famous courses in Western classics required of all students - Literature Humanities and Contemporary Civilization. He had taken these courses as a young student in 1961. From Plato to the Bible, from Augustine to Machiavelli, from Dante to Rousseau and Shakespeare, from Conrad to Woolf - these and other thinkers and writers were studied again as the author sought to put them in a political and social context that had evolved since his student years. HIS REASON FOR DOING THIS WAS TO CONFRONT IN HIS OWN MIND works that were being reviled by the left as repressive and exclusionary and loved by the right as bulwarks of patriotism. The result is this book that has been acclaimed by critics and fellow writers as a triumph ..."of exploration and discovery." This is what Henry Louis Gates, Jr said: "Denby may be the least jaded man in the Western world. And his unforced, conversational style makes this ... a pleasure to read." The book we offer is in excellent condition with clean, crisp and unmarked pages, firm and square binding, an intact dust-jacket and no signs of previous ownership such as a name or bookplate. In addition to an index, a select bibliography is provided. It's a nice book for any reader with literary tastes and curiosity. It has been most gently handled. Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 0-684-80975-3 Non-Fiction: Criticism ++ All books sold by Mackie Books are packaged in bubble-wrap to guard against damage from accidental bumping during shipping. + Click here to see other listings by Mackie Books on eBay, including American and international classics. + We ship internationally through eBay's Global Shipping Program. + All the pictures we post with our eBay listing are from the books being sold and are not stock pictures. + We like to get books to you in the condition described above. This means careful packaging - our specialty. + We use recycled material for packaging whenever possible - and we ask our friends to do this too! + At Mackie Books, we believe book-collecting should be fun and stress free.
Price: 12.95 USD
Location: Sausalito, California
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Restocking Fee: No
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
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Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Commentary on the Greatest Western Writers
Format: Hardcover
Author: David Denby
Subject: Literary Criticism
Publication Year: 1996
Language: English
Special Attributes: ISBN:0-684-80975-3, Dust Jacket
