Great Conversations 4

(No reviews yet)

$26.95

Short Description:: ADU-GC4 | ISBN 978-1-880323-71-7 | Softcover | 434 pages
Type:: Anthologies
Print On Demand:: This title is print on demand only. You must order 15 or more copies. Please expect delivery in 4–6 weeks.

Description

Great Conversations 4, an anthology of 15 classic and contemporary selections, is ideal for book discussion groups and college humanities courses. Biographical headnotes and discussion questions accompany each selection, and a thematic guide offers suggestions for reading the selections across genres and disciplines.

The anthology also includes discussion guides for Emma, by Jane Austen, and Swann's Way, by Marcel Proust.

Meno: Plato
Life of Nicias: Plutarch
To Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch: Immanuel Kant
The Chilean Earthquake: Heinrich von Kleist
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For (from Walden): Henry David Thoreau
Culture and Anarchy*: Matthew Arnold
Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking*: William James
Major Barbara: George Bernard Shaw
The Darling: Anton Chekhov
First Snow on Mount Fuji: Yasunari Kawabata
The Lottery: Shirley Jackson
Selected Poems: Lisel Mueller
The Smallest Woman in the World: Clarice Lispector
Lava Cameo: Eavan Boland
The Things They Carried: Tim O'Brien

DISCUSSION GUIDES FOR:

Emma: Jane Austen
Swann's Way: Marcel Proust

*Indicates a selection taken from a longer work.