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The Editor's Introduction: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. L (in 51 volumes)
by Charles W. Eliot (Editor)
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Editorial Review |
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. |
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Product Details |
- Publisher: Cosimo Classics
- ISBN-10: 1-61640-176-1
- ISBN-13: 978-1-61640-176-4
- Amazon.com Sales Rank #6933854
- Published on: May 01, 2010
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 484 pages
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