The Great Books : A Journey through 2,500 Years of the West's Classic Literature (Hardcover)
The Great Books : A Journey through 2,500 Years of the West's Classic Literature (Hardcover)
Hero image 0 of The Great Books : A Journey through 2,500 Years of the West's Classic Literature (Hardcover), 0 of 1

The Great Books : A Journey through 2,500 Years of the West's Classic Literature (Hardcover)

(No ratings yet)

Key item features

The Odyssey, Paradise Lost, The Canterbury Tales: great literature can be read by anyone, with a little help. The eminent British philosopher Anthony O’Hear leads the way with this captivating journey through two-and-a-half millennia of books as powerful, thrilling, erotic, politically astute, and awe-inspiring as any modern bestseller.

O’Hear begins with Homer, whose poems of epic struggle have made him the father of Western literature. After Greek tragedy, Plato, and Virgil’s Aeneid comes Ovid, whose encyclopedic Metamorphoses is an inexhaustible source for European art and literature. Via Saint Augustine, O’Hear reaches Dante and his terrifying and sublime Divine Comedy. Chaucer, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Milton, Pascal, Racine, and finally Goethe complete the cast list. In each case, O’Hear patiently draws out themes, focuses on key passages, and explains why they are important.

Not simply a grand work of reference, The Great Books is also a narrative history shot through with a love of literature and the author’s deeply held belief in its power to enrich and enliven everyone’s world.
Current price is $94.13
Price when purchased online
Out of stock

How do you want your item?

How do you want your item?
Out of stock
Report an issue with this seller

About this item

Product details

Specifications

Warranty

Customer ratings & reviews

0 ratings|0 reviews
This item does not have any reviews yet