Classics for Pleasure - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Houghton MifflinISBN-13:9780156033855ISBN-10:156033852UPC:9780156033855Book Category:Literary Collections, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Essays, Books & Reading, ReferenceSize:7.92 x 5.30 x 0.83 inchesWeight:0.75Product ID:SCC0K3X1BA
This is not your father's list of classics. In these delightful essays, Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Dirda introduces nearly ninety of the world's most entertaining books. Writing with affection as well as authority, Dirda covers masterpieces of fantasy and science fiction, horror and adventure, as well as epics, history, essay, and children's literature. Organized thematically, these are works that have shaped our imaginations. "Love's Mysteries" moves from Sappho and Arthurian romance to S?ren Kierkegaard and Georgette Heyer. In other categories Dirda discusses not only Dracula and Sherlock Holmes but also the Tao Te Ching and Icelandic sagas, Frederick Douglass and Fowler's Modern English Usage. Whether writing about Petronius or Perelman, Dirda makes literature come alive. Classics for Pleasure is a perfect companion for any reading group or lover of books.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Houghton MifflinISBN-13:9780156033855ISBN-10:156033852UPC:9780156033855Book Category:Literary Collections, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Essays, Books & Reading, ReferenceSize:7.92 x 5.30 x 0.83 inchesWeight:0.75Product ID:SCC0K3X1BA
Dirda, Michael: - MICHAEL DIRDA has been a Fulbright Fellow and received the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for his literary criticism in the Washington Post Book World. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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