Title:
The well-educated mind : a guide to the classical education you never had
Author:
ISBN:
9780393050943
9780393080964
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : W.W. Norton, ©2003.
Physical Description:
432 pages ; 25 cm
Contents:
Training your own mind : the classical education you never had -- Wrestling with books : the act of reading -- Keeping the journal : a written record of new ideas -- Starting to read : final preparations -- The story of people : reading through history with the novel -- The story of me : autobiography and memoir -- The story of the past : the tales of historians (and politicians) -- The world stage : reading through history with drama -- History refracted : the poets and their poems.
Summary:
Provides a road map for adult readers who want to gain enjoyment and self-improvement from the time they spend reading, discussing how different genres should be read to get the most out of them.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip041/2003005090.html