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The idea of the Harvard Classics was presented in speeches by then President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard University. [1] Several years prior to 1909, Eliot gave a speech in which he remarked that a three-foot shelf would be sufficient to hold enough books to give a liberal education to anyone who would read them with devotion.
Many universities incorporate these readings into their curricula, such as "The Reading List" at St. John's College, [2] Rutgers University, [3] or Dharma Realm Buddhist University. [4] The study of these classic texts both allows and encourages students to become familiar with some of the most revered authors throughout history.
A "canon" is a list of books considered to be "essential", and it can be published as a collection (such as Great Books of the Western World, Modern Library, Everyman's Library or Penguin Classics), presented as a list with an academic's imprimatur (such as Harold Bloom's [6]), or be the official reading list of a university.
$2.99 at amazon.com. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The Chronicles of Narnia are a classic of children's literature for a reason, but particularly fitting for our winter books reading list ...
FBA, Fellow at Merton College Professor at Birmingham Son of H. W. C. Davis 1891 "The Normans and their Myth" 1976 [1]: 63 Richard Southern: 1929: Middle Ages: FBA, Fellow Chichele Professor of Modern History "The Making of the Middle Ages" [1]: 23 F. M. Powicke: 1899: 13th Century: FBA, Fellow of Merton College Regius Professor of Modern History
History is taught to provide a context and show political and military development. The classic texts were from ancient authors such as Herodotus, Thucydides, Livy, Cicero, and Tacitus. Biographies were often assigned as well, with the classic example being Plutarch's Lives. Biographies help show how persons behave in their context, and the ...
The Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics form a book series published by Cambridge University Press. Each book is a collection of essays on the topic commissioned by the publisher. Each book is a collection of essays on the topic commissioned by the publisher.
Of the names listed on the Butler Library colonnade, only Demosthenes has not at some point in time been required reading in the Core Curriculum. [10]In 1917, the United States Army commissioned the university to create a "war issues" course in order to educate the Student Army Training Corps, and to explain the causes of WWI and the reasons for US involvement in the conflict. [9]