{"product_id":"the-great-books","title":"The Great Books: A Journey through 2,500 Years of the West's Classic Literature","description":"\"An illuminating, learned, well-written, and entertaining survey of the giants of world literature. Busy people, and especially the young, will be grateful for this useful and concise introduction.\" —Paul Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot simply a grand work of reference, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Books\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating journey through two-and-a-half millennia of the great Western tradition. The eminent British philosopher Anthony O'Hear is our capable tour guide, taking readers on an exhilarating tour through 2,500 years of books as powerful, thrilling, erotic, politically astute, and awe-inspiring as any modern bestseller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great Books \u003c\/i\u003eis a fascinating narrative that encompasses history, myth, art, music, theater, and more. O'Hear sweeps us along from Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad \u003c\/i\u003eto Goethe's \u003ci\u003eFaust\u003c\/i\u003e, covering much ground in between.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Homer's poems of epic struggle we discover not only the fascination and pleasure we can derive, but also why these works became the fountainhead of Western literature. From Greek tragedy we feel the power of the ancient myths, while from Plato's \u003ci\u003eDeath of Socrates\u003c\/i\u003e we see what may have killed off the tragic spirit. In Virgil's \u003ci\u003eAeneid \u003c\/i\u003ewe ponder the close connections to—and puzzling contrasts with—Homer; in Dante's terrifying and sublime \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e we encounter Virgil once again, this time as mentor and guide through Hell; and in Milton's phantasmagoric \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e we find the Christian story given epic shape and power. And of course, in Shakespeare we experience the great dramatist's particular and incomparable genius.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is much more beyond—from Ovid and Augustine to Chaucer and Cervantes, Pascal and Racine. \u003ci\u003eThe Great Books\u003c\/i\u003e is a spirited and enlightening guide to the great works of the Western tradition, shot through with a love of literature and the author's deeply held belief in its power to enrich and enliven everyone's world.","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Couverture souple","offer_id":46255159279826,"sku":"9781610170260","price":28.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Livre numérique Kobo","offer_id":46255159312594,"sku":"28dcd4e7-b28c-3cf9-8786-2e038e82f9f3","price":16.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_11074ec9-1b93-49e2-946f-c58a57160a41.jpg?v=1762773817","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/fr\/products\/the-great-books","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}