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Why read the classics?

Calvino, Italo, 1923-19852009
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This is an elegant defence of the value of great literature by one of the finest authors of the last century. Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic (number one - classics are those books that people always say they are 'rereading', not 'reading'), this is an absorbing collection of Italo Calvino's witty and passionate criticism.
Main title:
Why read the classics? / Italo Calvino ; translated by Martin McLaughlan.
Author:
Calvino, Italo, 1923-1985, authorMcLaughlan, M. L. (Martin L.), translator
Work:
Why read the classics?
Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2009.©1999
Collation:
x, 277 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Modern classics
Notes:
First published: London : Jonathan Cape, 1999.Translated from the Italian.Includes bibliographical references and index.Translated from the Italian.
ISBN:
9780141189703
Dewey class:
809
Language:
EnglishItalian
Subject:
Literature -- History and criticismBest booksCanon (Literature)
BRN:
159543
Bookmark link:
https://librarysearch.melbourne.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=159543
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