Code: 04027320
Why Read the Classics?
by Italo Calvino
"Why Read the Classics?" is an elegant defence of the value of great literature by one of the finest authors of the last century. Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic (number one - classics are those boo ... more
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"Why Read the Classics?" is an elegant defence of the value of great literature by one of the finest authors of the last century. Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic (number one - classics are those books that people always say they are 'rereading', not 'reading'), this is an absorbing collection of Italo Calvino's witty and passionate criticism.
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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general
11.64 €
- Full title: Why Read the Classics?
- Author: Italo Calvino
- Series: Penguin Modern Classics,
- Language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 288
- EAN: 9780141189703
- ISBN: 0141189703
- ID: 04027320
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- Weight: 218 g
- Dimensions: 198 × 127 × 17 mm
- Date of publishing: 28. May 2009
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