Great Books : My Adventures with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf, and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World
By David DenbyIn Great Books, Denby lives the common adult fantasy of returning to school with some worldly knowledge and experience of life. A gifted story-teller, he leads us on a glorious tour - by turns eloquent, witty, and moving - through the works themselves and through his experiences as a middle-aged man among freshmen. He recounts his failures and triumphs as a reader and student (taking an exam led to a hilarious near-breakdown). He celebrates his rediscovery or new appreciation of such authors as Homer, Plato, the biblical writers, Augustine, Boccaccio, Hegel, Austen, Marx, Nietzsche, and Virginia Woolf. He re-creates the atmosphere of the classroom - the strategies used by a remarkable group of teachers and the strengths and weaknesses of media-age students as they grapple with these difficult, sometimes frightening works. And all year long he watches the students grow and his own life and memories break out of hiding.
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- Hardcover
- 492 pages
- English
- 0684809753
- 9780684809755
About David Denby
david denby is an american journalist, best known as a film critic for the new yorker magazine. denby grew up in new york city. he received a b.a. from col Read More about David Denby
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