The Editor's Introduction: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. L (in 51 Volumes): 50

Charles W. Eliot

ISBN 10: 1616401753 / ISBN 13: 9781616401757

Editore: Cosimo Classics 2010-05-01, 2010

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• Titolo: The Editor's Introduction: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. L (in 51 Volumes): 50
• Editore: Cosimo Classics 2010-05-01
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1616401753
• ISBN 13: 9781616401757
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New

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Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume L features Eliot's introduction, a reader's guide, and the complete indexes for the entire collection: an index to the first lines of every piece of verse, a general index, and a chronological index.