The Companionship of Books : Essays in Honor of Laurence Berns Hardback
Edited by Alan Udoff, Martin David Yaffe, Sharon Jo Portnoff
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This volume is a collection of essays by various contributors in honor of the late Laurence Berns, Richard Hammond Elliot Tutor Emeritus at St.
John's College, Annapolis. The essays address the literary, political, theological, and philosophical themes of his life's work as a scholar, teacher, and constant companion of the "great books." Included are essays interpreting biblical books, as well as books by Homer, Herodotus, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Plato, Virgil, Dante, Spinoza, Milton, Rousseau, Darwin, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Camus, and H.G.
Wells. Like their honoree, the essayists aim at understanding such books as their authors wished them to be understood—for the light they shed on universal and timeless questions about God, nature, and human life which animated the authors themselves and which they saw fit to share, elegantly and eloquently, with thoughtful readers.
Each essay is, in its way, a model of how to read and reflect on the writings of the great authors.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:308 pages
- Publisher:Lexington Books
- Publication Date:17/11/2011
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- ISBN:9780739150467
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:308 pages
- Publisher:Lexington Books
- Publication Date:17/11/2011
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- ISBN:9780739150467