Description
--Charles Van Doren Nothing recommends the joy of reading better than the communication of it by a person who has spent a lifetime enriched by the delights of reading. Charles Van Doren is that kind of reader. He has laid a feast before us that is irresistible.
--Mortimer J. Adler, author of How to Read a Book Mr. Van Doren is that rarity, a truly well read man who reads not for professional purposes but for pleasure. His book spurs us on to explore more deeply and joyfully the infinitely varied terrain of good books.
--Clifton Fadiman, author of The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classical Guide to World Literature
Author: Charles Van Doren
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 04/01/2008
Pages: 544
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.93lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.15w x 1.65d
ISBN13: 9781402211607
ISBN10: 1402211600
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Books & Reading
- Literary Criticism | Reference
About the Author
Van Doren is the coauthor of the classic How to Read a Book with philosopher Mortimer J. Adler; the author of A History of Knowledge (which sold 30,000 copies in hardcover and 150,000 in paperback); and the author or editor of The Idea of Progress, Great Treasury of Western Thought, The Annals of America, Second Chance: An American Story, as well as several novels for young people and Webster's American biographies. He is an adjunct professor of the University of Connecticut, Torrington Campus. His father was Mark Van Doren, a Pulitzer Prize winning poet and professor at Columbia.