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The Western Lit Survival Kit: An Irreverent Guide to the Classics, from Homer to Faulkner

The Western Lit Survival Kit: An Irreverent Guide to the Classics, from Homer to Faulkner

Newman, Sandra

Paperback

HumorLiterary CriticismTeaching Instruction

ISBN10: 1592406947
ISBN13: 9781592406944
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: Jan 3 2012
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.70
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
A side-splitting tour that makes it a blast to read the Western literary canon, from the ancient Greeks to the Modernists.

To many, the Great Books evoke angst: the complicated Renaissance dramas we bluffed our way through in college, the dusty Everyman's Library editions that look classy on the shelf but make us feel guilty because they've never been opened. On a mission to restore the West's great works to their rightful place (they were intended to be entertaining!), Sandra Newman has produced a reading guide like no other. Beginning with Greek and Roman literature, she takes readers through hilarious detours and captivating historical tidbits on the road to Modernism. Along the way, we find parallels between Rabelais and South Park, Jane Austen and Sex and the City, Jonathan Swift and Jon Stewart, uncovering the original humor and riskiness that propelled great authors to celebrity.

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