| The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classical Guide to World Literature, Revised and Expanded Contributor(s): Fadiman, Clifton (Author), Major, John S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062720732 ISBN-13: 9780062720733 Publisher: Collins Reference OUR PRICE: $15.19 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1999 Annotation: Now in print for the first time in almost 40 years, "The New Lifetime Reading Plan" provides readers with brief, informative and entertaining introductions to more than 130 classics of world literature. From Homer to Hawthorne, Plato to Pascal, and Shakespeare to Solzhenitsyn, the great writers of Western civilization can be found in its pages. In addition, this new edition offers a much broader representation of women authors, such as Charlotte Bront%, Emily Dickinson and Edith Wharton, as well as non-Western writers such as Confucius, Sun-Tzu, Chinua Achebe, Mishima Yukio and many others. This fourth edition also features a simpler format that arranges the works chronologically in five sections (The Ancient World; 300-1600; 1600-1800; and The 20th Century), making them easier to look up than ever before. It deserves a place in the libraries of all lovers of literature. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Reference | Bibliographies & Indexes - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature |
| Dewey: 011.7 |
| LCCN: 97002975 |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 5.3" W x 8.08" (0.65 lbs) 400 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Now in print for the first time in almost 40 years, The New Lifetime Reading Plan provides readers with brief, informative and entertaining introductions to more than 130 classics of world literature. From Homer to Hawthorne, Plato to Pascal, and Shakespeare to Solzhenitsyn, the great writers of Western civilization can be found in its pages. In addition, this new edition offers a much broader representation of women authors, such as Charlotte Bront%, Emily Dickinson and Edith Wharton, as well as non-Western writers such as Confucius, Sun-Tzu, Chinua Achebe, Mishima Yukio and many others. This fourth edition also features a simpler format that arranges the works chronologically in five sections (The Ancient World; 300-1600; 1600-1800; and The 20th Century), making them easier to look up than ever before. It deserves a place in the libraries of all lovers of literature. |
Contributor Bio(s): Major, John S.: - John Major is the author of The Land and People of China (a Notable 1989 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies, NCSS/CBC) and The Land and People of Maylaysia & Brunei (a 1992 Books for the Teen Age, NY Public Library). He lives in New York, NY. Stephen Fieser illustrated The Christmas Sky by Franklin Branley and The Sabbath Lion by Howard Schwartz and Barbara Rush. He lives in Harrisburg, PA.Fadiman, Clifton: - Clifton Fadiman, Ph.D., is an author, teacher, and student of Sufism. He lives in Menlo Park, California. |