The Western lit survival kit : how to read the classics without fear
题名:
The Western lit survival kit : how to read the classics without fear
著者:
Newman, Sandra, 1965-
ISBN:
9780141044521
出版信息:
London : Penguin, 2012.
规格:
xii, 280 p. ; 20 cm
摘要:
Why does most writing about the classics have words like 'seminal' or 'oeuvre' in it? What does postmodernism mean? Can I get away with just reading the introduction? This title guides you through the Western literary canon, century by century: from Ancient Greek drama to the modern novel, via Beowulf, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, and Proust.
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摘要:
Why does most writing about the classics have words like 'seminal' or 'oeuvre' in it? What does postmodernism mean? Can I get away with just reading the introduction? This title guides you through the Western literary canon, century by century: from Ancient Greek drama to the modern novel, via Beowulf, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, and Proust.