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Classics For Pleasure: Pulitzer Winner's Literary Essays―Ninety Entertaining Books from Fantasy to History (Harvest Book)

Michael Dirda
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Description:This is not your father’s list of classics. In these delightful essays, Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Dirda introduces nearly ninety of the world’s most entertaining books. Writing with affection as well as authority, Dirda covers masterpieces of fantasy and science fiction, horror and adventure, as well as epics, history, essay, and children’s literature. Organized thematically, these are works that have shaped our imaginations. Love’s Mysteries moves from Sappho and Arthurian romance to Soren Kierkegaard and Georgette Heyer. In other categories Dirda discusses not only Dracula and Sherlock Holmes but also the Tao Te Ching and Icelandic sagas, Frederick Douglass and Fowler’s Modern English Usage. Whether writing about Petronius or Perelman, Dirda makes literature come alive. Classics for Pleasure is a perfect companion for any reading group or lover of books.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Classics For Pleasure: Pulitzer Winner's Literary Essays―Ninety Entertaining Books from Fantasy to History (Harvest Book). To get started finding Classics For Pleasure: Pulitzer Winner's Literary Essays―Ninety Entertaining Books from Fantasy to History (Harvest Book), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Classics For Pleasure: Pulitzer Winner's Literary Essays―Ninety Entertaining Books from Fantasy to History (Harvest Book)

Michael Dirda
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Description: This is not your father’s list of classics. In these delightful essays, Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Dirda introduces nearly ninety of the world’s most entertaining books. Writing with affection as well as authority, Dirda covers masterpieces of fantasy and science fiction, horror and adventure, as well as epics, history, essay, and children’s literature. Organized thematically, these are works that have shaped our imaginations. Love’s Mysteries moves from Sappho and Arthurian romance to Soren Kierkegaard and Georgette Heyer. In other categories Dirda discusses not only Dracula and Sherlock Holmes but also the Tao Te Ching and Icelandic sagas, Frederick Douglass and Fowler’s Modern English Usage. Whether writing about Petronius or Perelman, Dirda makes literature come alive. Classics for Pleasure is a perfect companion for any reading group or lover of books.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Classics For Pleasure: Pulitzer Winner's Literary Essays―Ninety Entertaining Books from Fantasy to History (Harvest Book). To get started finding Classics For Pleasure: Pulitzer Winner's Literary Essays―Ninety Entertaining Books from Fantasy to History (Harvest Book), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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