Description
| Product ID: | 9780141189703 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Title: | Why Read the Classics? |
| Authors: | Author: Italo Calvino |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Biography and non-fiction prose, Prose: non-fiction, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: from c 1900 - |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic, this collection provides the author's criticism. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2009-05-28 |
