Who Killed Homer
Who Killed Homer
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Summary
With advice and informative readings of the great Greek texts, this title shows how we might save classics and the Greeks. It is suitable for those who agree that knowledge of classics acquaints us with the beauty and perils of our own culture.
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Who Killed Homer by Victor Hanson
With straightforward advice and informative readings of the great Greek texts, the authors show how we might still save classics and the Greeks for future generations. "Who Killed Homer?" is must reading for anyone who agrees that knowledge of classics acquaints us with the beauty and perils of our own culture.
Victor Davis Hanson was educated at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and received his Ph.D. in Classics from Stanford University. He farmed full-time for five years before returning to academia in 1984 to initiate a Classics program at California State University, Fresno. Currently, he is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Residence in Classics and Military History at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Hanson has written articles, editorials, and reviews for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Daily Telegraph, International Herald Tribune, American Heritage, City Journal, American Spectator, National Review, Policy Review, The Wilson Quarterly, The Weekly Standard, and Washington Times, and has been interviewed on numerous occasions on National Public Radio and the BBC, and appeared with David Gergen on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. He writes a biweekly column about contemporary culture and military history for National Review Online. He is also the author of some eighty scholarly articles, book reviews, and newspaper editorials on Greek, agrarian, and military history, and contemporary culture. He has written or edited eleven books, including The Western Way of War, The Soul of Battle, and Carnage and Culture. He lives and works with his wife and three children on their forty-acre tree and vine farm near Selma, California, where he was born in 1953.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781893554269 |
| ISBN 10 | 1893554260 |
| Title | Who Killed Homer |
| Author | Victor Hanson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Encounter Books,USA |
| Year published | 2001-05-17 |
| Number of pages | 323 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |