Anthony O'Hear

The Great Books (eBook, ePUB)

A Journey through 2,500 Years of the West's Classic Literature

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"An illuminating, learned, well-written, and entertaining survey of the giants of world literature. Busy people, and especially the young, will be grateful for this useful and concise introduction." Paul Johnson

Not simply a grand work of reference, The Great Books is a captivating journey through two-and-a-half millennia of the great Western tradition. The eminent British philosopher Anthony O'Hear is our capable tour guide, taking readers on an exhilarating tour through 2,500 years of books as powerful, thrilling, erotic, politically astute, and awe-inspiring as any modern bestseller.

The Great Books is a fascinating narrative that encompasses history, myth, art, music, theater, and more. O'Hear sweeps us along from Homer's Iliad to Goethe's Faust, covering much ground in between.

In Homer's poems of epic struggle we discover not only the fascination and pleasure we can derive, but also why these works became the fountainhead of Western literature. From Greek tragedy we feel the power of the ancient myths, while from Plato's Death of Socrates we see what may have killed off the tragic spirit. In Virgil's Aeneid we ponder the close connections toand puzzling contrasts withHomer; in Dante's terrifying and sublime Divine Comedy we encounter Virgil once again, this time as mentor and guide through Hell; and in Milton's phantasmagoric Paradise Lost we find the Christian story given epic shape and power. And of course, in Shakespeare we experience the great dramatist's particular and incomparable genius.

There is much more beyondfrom Ovid and Augustine to Chaucer and Cervantes, Pascal and Racine. The Great Books is a spirited and enlightening guide to the great works of the Western tradition, shot through with a love of literature and the author's deeply held belief in its power to enrich and enliven everyone's world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781684516872
• Artikelnr.: 68847735

Autorenporträt

Anthony O'Hear is a professor of philosophy at the University of Buckingham in England, the director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy (London), and the editor of the journal Philosophy. His books include Karl Popper, An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, After Progress, and PlatoÆs Children. He has contributed to all the major national newspapers in Britain, where he is a frequent guest on many national radio and television programs.