Why Read the Classics? by Italo Calvino

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Why Read the Classics? by Italo Calvino

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Part of Vintage Classics series

Summary

Thirty-six essays by Calvino on his personal classics: the writers, poets and scientists who meant most to him at various stages of his life. His pieces range from antiquity (Homer and Ovid), through early modern and Enlightenment Europe, such as (Defoe), to American mentors (Hemingway).

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Why Read the Classics? by Italo Calvino

In this collection of thirty-six essays, Calvino explores several original definitions of what makes a Classic, and surveys works that range in time from antiquity and early modern Europe, to the masters of the nineteenth-century novel and his early American mentors, through to his contemporaries.

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ISBN 13 9780099284895
ISBN 10 0099284898
Title Why Read the Classics?
Author Italo Calvino
Series Vintage Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 2000-06-01
Number of pages 288
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