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The Western Lit Survival Kit - How to Read the Classics Without Fear (Paperback)
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The Western Lit Survival Kit - How to Read the Classics Without Fear (Paperback)
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List price R312
Loot Price R255
Discovery Miles 2 550
You Save R57 (18%)
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There they sit, the great tomes of classical literature, taunting
you with their length and difficulty, as you ask: which books are
the most important and why - and what's actually any good? Why does
most writing about the classics have words like 'seminal' or
'oeuvre' in it? What does postmodernism mean? Can I get away with
just reading the introduction? Now you can enjoy the classics
without fear. This survival kit will guide you painlessly through
the Western literary canon, century by century: from Ancient Greek
drama to the modern novel, via Beowulf, Chaucer, Shakespeare,
Romantic poetry, Tolstoy and Proust. There are entertaining plot
summaries, unpretentious definitions of literary movements and
fresh insights into authors' lives. With each work assigned ratings
from 1 to 10 on Importance, Accessibility and Fun, you'll discover
what's really worth bothering with and what you can safely discard
without guilt. This book will make the things you've read clearer,
inspire you to tackle the ones you've always meant to and make you
sound far cleverer than you really are.
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