Editorial Norton
Fecha de edición noviembre 2015 · Edición nº 1
Idioma inglés
EAN 9780393080964
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Have you lost the art of reading for pleasure? Are there books you know you should read but haven't because they seem too daunting? In The Well-Educated Mind, Susan Wise Bauer provides a welcome and encouraging antidote to the distractions of our age, electronic and otherwise. Newly expanded and updated to include standout works from the twenty-first century as well as essential readings in science (from the earliest works of Hippocrates to the discovery of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs), The Well-Educated Mind offers brief, entertaining histories of six literary genres-fiction, autobiography, history, drama, poetry, and science-accompanied by detailed instructions on how to read each type. The annotated lists at the end of each chapter-ranging from Cervantes to Cormac McCarthy, Herodotus to Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Aristotle to Stephen Hawking-preview recommended reading and encourage readers to make vital connections between ancient traditions and contemporary writing.
The Well-Educated Mind reassures those readers who worry that they read too slowly or with below-average comprehension. If you can understand a daily newspaper, there's no reason you can't read and enjoy Shakespeare's sonnets or Jane Eyre. But no one should attempt to read the "Great Books" without a guide and a plan.
Susan Wise Bauer es una escritora estadounidense, profesora de Escritura y Literatura Estadounidense en el College of William and Mary (Virginia) y fundadora de Well-Trained Mind Press (antes Peace Hill Press). <br> Wise Bauer se graduó en la Universidad Liberty, obtuvo su Magíster de Divinidad en el Westminster Theological Seminary (Pensilvania), y completó un máster en Lengua y Literatura Inglesas y un doctorado en Estudios Estadounidenses en el College of William and Mary (Virginia). <br> Es autora de numerosos ensayos sobre educación, literatura y religión estadounidense. También es autora de libros infantiles y editora de la revista Books x{0026}amp; Cultura. Buena conocedora del latín, el griego, el árabe y el hebreo, ha publicado varios libros sobre cultura clásica.
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