A dramatic and entertaining account of some of the great works of literature and philosophy throughout history--including an exploration of Homer, Sappho, the biblical writers, Dante, Boccaccio, Shakespeare, Austin, Woolf, Plato, Machiavelli, Locke, Marx, and de Beauvoir. Denby proves he is a gifted storyteller who turns the experience of reading the great works into an odyssey anyone can share.
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A dramatic and entertaining account of some of the great works of literature and philosophy throughout history--including an exploration of Homer, Sappho, the biblical writers, Dante, Boccaccio, Shakespeare, Austin, Woolf, Plato, Machiavelli, Locke, Marx, and de Beauvoir. Denby proves he is a gifted storyteller who turns the experience of reading the great works into an odyssey anyone can share.
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