Lectures on the Harvard Classics - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 1432623036 ISBN 13 : 9781432623036

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

Lectures on the Harvard Classics is a book authored by William Allan Neilson that discusses the literary and philosophical works included in the Harvard Classics, also known as the Five-Foot Shelf. This collection of 51 volumes includes works by renowned authors such as Shakespeare, Plato, and Darwin, among others. In this book, Neilson provides insightful and informative lectures on each of the works included in the Harvard Classics, providing readers with an in-depth understanding of their historical and cultural significance. The lectures are organized by genre, including history, philosophy, and fiction, and are written in an engaging and accessible style. This book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in the classics and their enduring relevance to modern times.1914. Partial Contents: History: Ancient History; Renaissance; French Revolution. Poetry: Homer; Dante; Poems of Milton. Natural Science: Astronomy; Physics and Chemistry; Biological Sciences. Philosophy: Socrates, Plato; Rise of Modern Philosophy; Kant; Emerson. Biography: Plutarch; Cellini; John Stuart Mill. Prose Fiction: Marlory; Cervantes. Criticism and the Essay: What the Middle Ages Read; Theories of Poetry. Education: Francis Bacon; Locke and Milton; Carlyle and Newman. Political Science: Theories of government; Adam Smith; Growth of the American Constitution. Drama: Greek Tragedy; Elizabethan Drama; Modern English Drama. Vogages and Travel: Herodotus; Darwin's Voyage. Religion: Buddhism; Confucianism; Greek Religion; Pascal.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Harvard Gassics provided the general reader with a great storehouse of standard works in all the main departments of intellectual activity. To this storehouse the Lectures now open the door. Through the Lectures the student is introduced to a vast range of topics, under the guidance of distinguished professors. The Five-F oot Shelf, with its introductions, notes, guides to reading, and exhaustive indexes, may thus claim to constitute with these Lectures a reading course unparalleled in comprehensiveness and authority. William Allan Neilson.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1432623036
• ISBN 13: 9781432623036
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 496
• Éditeur: Neilson William Allan
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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