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Classics for Pleasure (Harvest Book) - Couverture souple

Dirda, Michael

 
9780156033855: Classics for Pleasure (Harvest Book)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0156033852 ISBN 13 : 9780156033855
Editeur : Mariner Books, 2008

Synopsis

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 Sören 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.

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À propos de l'auteur

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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Éditeur
Mariner Books
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0156033852
ISBN 13 
9780156033855
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
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