Why Read the Classics?
by Italo Calvino
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Like New/Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0679415246
- ISBN 13
- 9780679415244
- Seller
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Hixson, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Pantheon (1999). Hardcover with DJ. x + 278 pp. Index. Book and DJ in like new condition. Only very light shelf wear. Ships immediately.
Synopsis
For Italo Calvino, classics are works of enduring cultural value, yes, but also something much more personal: talismans, touchstones, books through which we understand our world and ourselves. In Why Read the Classics?, Calvino shares thirty-six of his classics in essays of warmth, humor, and striking insight. He ranges from Homer to Borges, from the Persian folklorist Nezami to Dickens, and offers surprising insights along the way. Whether tracing the links between Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Alain Robbe-Grillet’s objectivity, discovering the origins of science fiction in the writings of Cyrano de Bergerac, or convincing us that the Italian novelist Carlo Emilio Gadda’s works are like artichokes, Calvino offers a new perspective on beloved favorites and introduces us to hidden gems.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pasamonte Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2665
- Title
- Why Read the Classics?
- Author
- Italo Calvino
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0679415246
- ISBN 13
- 9780679415244
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Italo Calvino; Martin McLaughlin; Canon; History and Criticism; Literary Studies
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