The Editor's Introduction: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. L (in 51 Volumes)
Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name Harvard Classics, this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume L features Eliot's introduction, a reader's guide, and the complete indexes for the entire collection: an…
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- ISBN: 978-1-61640-176-4
- EAN: 9781616401764
- Produktnummer: 12062129
- Verlag: Cosimo Classics
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 484 S.
- Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D3.1 cm 787 g
- Gewicht: 787
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