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Why Read the Classics?

Paperback • 2009 • English

Why Read the Classics?

By Italo Calvino

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About the book

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.

Literary essays
Literary studies: general
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers

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ISBN

9780141189703

Publisher

Penguin Classics

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

Why Read the Classics?

Format

Paperback

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