Classics Revisited – Essays - Hardcover

Rexroth, K

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0811209873 ISBN 13: 9780811209878

Publisher: New Directions Publishing, 1991

Synopsis

An introduction to the world's great literature is presented in sixty critical essays, each of which discusses the theme, summarizes the plot and explores the work's implications.

About this title

About the Author:

Bradford Morrow is the author of the novels "Come Sunday," "Trinity Fields," and "Giovanni's Gift," In 1998, the American Academy of Arts and Letters presented him with the Academy Award in Literature. He is a professor of literature at Bard College and is founder and editor of the literary journal "Conjunctions,"

BRADFORD MORROW is the author of numerous acclaimed works of fiction and poetry, including "Ariel s Crossing "and "Giovanni s Gift. "He is also the founder of the literary magazine "Conjunctions, "which he has edited since 1981. Hereceived a Guggenheim fellowship in 2007 and is aprofessor of literature at Bard College.

From the Back Cover:

The brief, radiant essays of Classics Revisited discuss sixty key books that are, for Rexroth, 'basic documents in the history of the imagination.' Ranging from The Epic of Gilgamesh to Huckleberry Finn, these pieces (each about five pages long) first appeared in the Saturday Review.

About this edition

• Publisher: New Directions Publishing
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0811209873
• ISBN 13: 9780811209878
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 214