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- catalog abstract "In 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.".
- catalog contributor b9711343.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "In 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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "[1.] First semester: Homer I -- Sappho -- Interlude one: Plato I ; Homer II -- Interlude two: Plato II ; Sophocles ; Aristotle -- Interlude three: Aeschylus and Euripides -- Interlude four: Virgil ; The Old Testament ; The New Testament ; Augustine ; Machiavelli -- Interlude five: Hobbes and Locke ; Examination -- [2.] Second semester: Dante -- Boccaccio -- Hume and Kant -- Interlude six: Montaigne ; Rousseau ; Shakespeare ; Hegel ; Austen ; Marx and Mill ; Nietzsche -- Interlude seven: Beauvoir ; Conrad ; Woolf.".
- catalog extent "492 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Great books.".
- catalog identifier "0684809753".
- catalog isFormatOf "Great books.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, NY : Simon & Schuster,".
- catalog relation "Great books.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "909/.09812 20".
- catalog subject "CB245 .D44 1996".
- catalog subject "Civilization, Western History Sources Study and teaching (Higher) United States.".
- catalog subject "Civilization, Western Study and teaching (Higher) United States.".
- catalog subject "Denby, David Books and reading.".
- catalog subject "Denby, David, 1943- Books and reading.".
- catalog subject "Humanities Study and teaching (Higher) United States.".
- catalog subject "Literature Study and teaching (Higher) United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "[1.] First semester: Homer I -- Sappho -- Interlude one: Plato I ; Homer II -- Interlude two: Plato II ; Sophocles ; Aristotle -- Interlude three: Aeschylus and Euripides -- Interlude four: Virgil ; The Old Testament ; The New Testament ; Augustine ; Machiavelli -- Interlude five: Hobbes and Locke ; Examination -- [2.] Second semester: Dante -- Boccaccio -- Hume and Kant -- Interlude six: Montaigne ; Rousseau ; Shakespeare ; Hegel ; Austen ; Marx and Mill ; Nietzsche -- Interlude seven: Beauvoir ; Conrad ; Woolf.".
- catalog title "Great books : my adventures with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf, and other indestructible writers of the Western world / David Denby.".
- catalog type "text".