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Title: On Reading Well – Finding the Good Life through Great Books
Condition: New
Author: Leland Ryken, Karen Swallow Prior
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1587435837
EAN: 9781587435836
ISBN: 9781587435836
Publisher: Brazos Press, Div of Baker Publishing Group
Genre: Arts & Photography
Topic: Literary Criticism, Philosophy & Spirituality
Release Date: 19/04/2022
Description: ★ Publishers Weekly starred review
A Best Book of 2018 in Religion, Publishers Weekly

Reading great literature well has the power to cultivate virtue, says acclaimed author Karen Swallow Prior. In this book, she takes readers on a guided tour through works of great literature both ancient and modern, exploring twelve virtues that philosophers and theologians throughout history have identified as most essential for good character and the good life.

Covering authors from Henry Fielding to Cormac McCarthy, Jane Austen to George Saunders, and Flannery O'Connor to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Prior explores some of the most compelling universal themes found in the pages of classic books, helping readers learn to love life, literature, and God through their encounters with great writing. The book includes end-of-chapter reflection questions geared toward book club discussions, original artwork throughout, and a foreword by Leland Ryken. The hardcover edition was named a Best Book of 2018 in Religion by Publishers Weekly.

"[A] lively treatise on building character through books.'"--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 214mm
Item Length: 143mm
Item Width: 19mm
Item Weight: 338g
Release Year: 2022

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