Reclaiming the canon
Subtitle: essays on philosophy, poetry, and history
By: Herman L. Sinaiko ; foreword by Joel Beck.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
Subjects: Canon (Literature); Literature -- History and criticism
Description: Herman Sinaiko is renowned for his gifts as a guide to exploring and appreciating the humanities. This book brings to general readers Sinaiko's thoughts on, and his invitations to read or reread, a wide selection of major literary and philosophical works - from ancient Greek to Chinese to modern. Taking a conversational approach, he deals with the perennial questions that thinking people have always raised and investigates how works of great art may provide answers to these questions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-338).