Title: Reclaiming the canon
First published: 1998
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.
Subjects: Canon (Literature), Literature, History and criticism, Literature, history and criticism, Chefs-d'œuvre (Littérature), Littérature, Histoire et critique, TRAVEL, Special Interest, Literary, LITERARY CRITICISM, General, Canon, Bellettrie
LC classification: PN81 .S5274 1998