The Greatest Classics for Holiday Season
Edgar Allan Poe, George Eliot, Benito Pérez Galdós, William Shakespeare, Juan Valera, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, Herman Melville, Alexandre Dumas, Jonathan Swift, Joseph Conrad, Charlotte Brontë, Daniel Defoe, Henry David Thoreau, L. Frank Baum, Emily Brontë, Washington Irving, Walt Whitman, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, Henrik Ibsen, Wilkie Collins, D.H. Lawrence, Friedrich Nietzsche, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Giovanni Boccaccio, Marcus Aurelius, Laozi Laozi, Kate Chopin, James Fenimore Cooper, Ann Ward Radcliffe, Frederick Douglass, William Makepeace Thackeray, Laurence Sterne, Anne Brontë, George MacDonald, Lewis Wallace, Robert Louis Stevenson, John Keats, William Dean Howells, Honoré de Balzac, Émile Zola, Henry Fielding, Anton Chekhov, Marcel Proust, George Bernard Shaw, Charles Baudelaire, Theodor Storm, SUN TZU, H. P. Lovecraft, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mary Shelley, Ivan Turguenev, G. K. Chesterton, Rudyard Kipling, J.M. Barrie, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Rabindranath Tagore, W.B. Yeats, Khalil Gibran, Kenneth Grahame, Kakuzo Okakura, Hermann Hesse, E.M. Forster, Plato, H. G. Wells, Nikolai Gogol, Arthur Conan Doyle, C. S. Lewis, Inazo Nitobe, Elizabeth Von Arnim, Victor Hugo, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Cao Xueqin, L.M. Montgomery, James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Dante, Apuleius, Thomas Hardy, Valmiki, Jack London, Kalidasa, Jules Verne, Soseki Natsume, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Miguel de Cervantes, Leo Tolstoy, Gaston Leroux, P. B. Shelley, Princess Der Ling, John Milton, George Weedon Grossmith, Bram Stoke, Stendhal, Confucius, Voltaire, Gustave Flaubert, Sir Walter Scott, Homer Homer
Verlag: DigiCat
Beschreibung
The Greatest Classics for Holiday Season is an anthology that encapsulates the essence of diverse literary styles, historical periods, and cultural narratives, creating a mosaic of human experience and imagination. This collection stands out for its breadth, including works that range from the intense introspection of Dostoyevsky, the poignant social critiques of Dickens and Hugo, to the fantastical realms created by Lewis Carroll and H. G. Wells. It showcases the varied ways in which literature can be a mirror to the world, reflecting or refracting the social, psychological, and existential dilemmas of humanity. The inclusion of seminal pieces by Shakespeare, Plato, and Confucius alongside modernist reflections by James Joyce and T. S. Eliot further enriches this canvas, providing a comprehensive overview of the literary achievements across ages. The contributing authors and editors, each a luminary in their own right, bring their unique voices and perspectives, rooted in their distinct historical and cultural contexts. From Goethe's exploration of romanticism to Voltaire's enlightenment critique, and from the transcendental musings of Thoreau to the existential ponderings of Nietzsche, this collection traverses the intellectual landscapes that these writers inhabited. The assembly of such varied authors not only highlights the evolutionary trajectory of literary thought but also the undercurrents of philosophy, politics, and individual consciousness that permeate their works. It's a vibrant testament to the enduring power of storytelling and the unifying thread of human curiosity and creativity throughout different eras. This anthology is an indispensable resource for readers seeking to immerse themselves in the wealth of human thought and expression. The Greatest Classics for Holiday Season offers a unique opportunity to journey through the intellectual and emotional territories charted by some of the most influential figures in literary history. It is a call to those who wish to explore the depths of human experience, to understand the diversity of life through the prism of literature. For educators, students, and lovers of literature, this collection serves as a gateway to the multifaceted nature of classic literary works, inviting an engagement with ideas and narratives that have shaped the human condition across centuries.
Verfügbar seit: 13.11.2022.
Drucklänge: 47072 Seiten.
