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Great Books: My Adventures With Homer, Rousseau, Woolf, and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World
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David Denby
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication date
September 25, 1997
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780684835334
ISBN-10
0684835339
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.50 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.25 lbs.
Original list price
$17.99
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A film critic for The New Yorker revisits some of the world's greatest works of literature, assesses their significance in the evolution of Western civilization, and explores the current debate about what constitutes a classic and the revolutionary power great works of literature contain. Reissue. 15,000 first printing.
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Hardcover
from Simon & Schuster (September 1, 1996)
9780684809755 | details & prices | 492 pages | 6.75 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.75 lbs | List price $30.00
About: Explores the current debate about what constitutes a classic and the revolutionary power great works of literature contain
About: Explores the current debate about what constitutes a classic and the revolutionary power great works of literature contain
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Simon & Schuster (September 25, 1997)
9780684835334 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $17.99
About: Explores the current debate about what constitutes a classic and the revolutionary power great works of literature contain
About: Explores the current debate about what constitutes a classic and the revolutionary power great works of literature contain
Cassette/Spoken Word
With Edward Asner (other contributor) |
Abridged edition from Audio Literature (March 1, 1998)
9781574531794 | details & prices | 7.00 × 7.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $25.95
About: At the age of 48, film critic David Denby decided to return to Columbia University and re-take the courses he took as a student in 1961: Literature, Humanities and Contemporary Civilization.
About: At the age of 48, film critic David Denby decided to return to Columbia University and re-take the courses he took as a student in 1961: Literature, Humanities and Contemporary Civilization.
Prebinding
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (June 26, 2008)
9781439503041 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.64 lbs | List price $25.00
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