Gateway to the great books
By: Robert M. Hutchins, Mortimer J. Adler, editors in chief ; Clifton Fadiman, associate editor
Contributors: Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc
Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 10
ISBN-13: 9781593392215
Subjects: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES; Anthologies; Rhetoric; REFERENCE; Writing Skills; Literary; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Composition & Creative Writing
Other titles: Great books of the Western world (1990)
Description: Gateway to the Great Books are great writings which selections include short stories, plays, essays, scientific papers, speeches, and letters. Each selection represents a primary, original, and fundamental contribution to ones understanding of the universe and themselves. There are over 135 Authors, 225 Selections and 95 original illustrations. Selections include works from Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, T. S Eliot, Mark Twain and more. This set will help introduct oneself to good literature and the Great Books of the Western World.
Notes: Complements Great books of the Western world (1990); includes only short works.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Introduction. Syntopical guide; title: v. 2-4. Imaginative literature; title: v. 5. Critical essays; title: v. 6-7. Man and society; title: v. 8. Natural science; title: v. 9. Mathematics; title: v. 10. Philosophical essays.