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010 $a 2007003029
020 $a9780151012510
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035 $a(OCoLC)80917279
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035 $a(DLC) 2007003029
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050 00 $aPN524$b.D57 2007
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100 1 $aDirda, Michael.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00037840
245 10 $aClassics for pleasure /$cMichael Dirda.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aOrlando :$bHarcourt,$c[2007], ©2007.
300 $ax, 341 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aIncludes index.
520 1 $a"This is not your fathers - or your mother's - list of classics. In these essays, Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Dirda introduces nearly ninety of the world's most entertaining books. Writing with affection as well as authority, Dirda covers masterpieces of fantasy and science fiction, horror and adventure, as well as biography and history, poetry and children's literature. Organized thematically, these are the works that have shaped our imaginations and inspired our dreams and adventures. Here are Sappho's yearnings and the Arthurian romances, the exploits of Sherlock Holmes and the ghost stories of M. R. James, classic fairy tales and the Regency romances of Georgette Heyer." "Dirda approaches each of his chosen titles primarily as a passionate reader rather than as a critic or scholar. He points us to new authors, less familiar classics, and major genre titles too often excluded from the canon. Whether writing about Petronius or S. J. Perelman, H. P. Lovecraft or the Icelandic sagas, Michael Dirda makes literature come alive."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aLiterature$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85077519
650 0 $aCanon (Literature)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019643
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip079/2007003029.html
852 00 $bmil$hPN524$i.D57 2007