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Highlights
- This is not your father's list of classics.
- Author(s): Michael Dirda
- 352 Pages
- Literary Collections, Essays
- Series Name: Harvest Book
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About the Book
In these delightful essays, Pulitzer Prize winner Dirda introduces nearly 90 of the world's most entertaining books, covering masterpieces of fantasy, science fiction, horror, adventure, epics, history, and children's literature.Book Synopsis
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 Sören 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.From the Back Cover
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE"It is hard to think of another writer who loves books so passionately, who has such broad tastes and impeccably high standards and who writes about literature with such intelligence, generosity, and enthusiasm. Michael Dirda is a cultural treasure." Francine Prose
"Michael Dirda's honest and careful perceptions have been crafted for people who read. He has the wonderful ability to make us feel as intelligent as he is." Guy Davenport
"This book is full of short, sharp loving Shocks ofAppreciation, cunningly arranged in sequences we wouldhave never dreamed up--I doubt George Meredith, C P Cavafy, Georgette Heyer and Anna Akhmatova have ever been juxtaposed before--but which add up to a vision far greater than the sum of its parts.."--John Clute
"Michael Dirda is the best-read person in America. But he doesn t rub it in."--Michael Kinsley, Time columnist and former editor of Slate"
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PRAISE FOR MICHAEL DIRDA
"For some time now, the best book critic in America has been Michael Dirda."--The New York Observer --Dimensions (Overall): 7.92 Inches (H) x 5.3 Inches (W) x .83 Inches (D)
Weight: .75 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 352
Genre: Literary Collections
Sub-Genre: Essays
Series Title: Harvest Book
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback
Author: Michael Dirda
Language: English
Street Date: November 10, 2008
TCIN: 79258612
UPC: 9780156033855
Item Number (DPCI): 247-20-4287
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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