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The Well-Educated Mind : A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had by Susan Wise Bauer (2003, Hardcover)

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Have you lost the art of reading for pleasure? Are there books you know you should read but haven't because they seem too daunting? In The Well-Educated Mind , Susan Wise Bauer provides a welcome and encouraging antidote to the distractions of our age, electronic and otherwise. In her previous book, The Well-Trained Mind , the author provided a road map of classical education for parents wishing to home-school their children, and that book is now the premier resource for home-schoolers. In this new book, Bauer takes the same elements and techniques and adapts them to the use of adult readers who want both enjoyment and self-improvement from the time they spend reading. The Well-Educated Mind offers brief, entertaining histories of five literary genres--fiction, autobiography, history, drama, and poetry--accompanied by detailed instructions on how to read each type. The annotated lists at the end of each chapter--ranging from Cervantes to A. S. Byatt, Herodotus to Laurel Thatcher Ulrich--preview recommended reading and encourage readers to make vital connections between ancient traditions and contemporary writing. The Well-Educated Mind reassures those readers who worry that they read too slowly or with below-average comprehension. If you can understand a daily newspaper, there's no reason you can't read and enjoy Shakespeare's Sonnets or Jane Eyre . But no one should attempt to read the "Great Books" without a guide and a plan. Susan Wise Bauer will show you how to allocate time to your reading on a regular basis; how to master a difficult argument; how to make personal and literary judgments about what you read; how to appreciate the resonant links among texts within a genre--what does Anna Karenina owe to Madame Bovary ?--and also between genres. Followed carefully, the advice in The Well-Educated Mind will restore and expand the pleasure of the written word.

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Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393050947
ISBN-13
9780393050943
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Book Title
Well-Educated Mind : a Guide to the Classical Education You Never HAD
Author
Susan Wise Bauer
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, Books & Reading
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Self-Help, Education, Literary Criticism
Number of Pages
432 Pages

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9.6in
Item Height
1.5in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
26.4 Oz

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Z1003.B324 2003
Copyright Date
2003
Lccn
2003-005090
Dewey Decimal
028
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23

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by landru0c6jDec 07, 2008
Great book for anyone interested in seirous reading.
I initially borrowed this book from the public library, and after spending an hour or so with it, I found myself taking down notes of important titles of books that I would most likely want to read. I quickly realized that this is a book that I had to own The author, Susan Wise Bauer has gone to some lengths to list reading material that is actually worth reading . Like “The Annotated Novel List” that includes “Don Quixote”, “The Pilgrim’s Progress,” Gulliver’s Travels,” and many more. She writes a short summary of each novel that will give the reader a good indication of what the novel is about. There are also lists that include history, biography, and poetry. A great book for anyone interested in continuing education.
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by loriscaveJan 02, 2007
Read with an educated mind
I would describe this book as the guide for adults who want to "home school" themselves. It is a book about reading, not speed reading, but learning to read and enjoy what many would classify as "tough reading." Learning to read and enjoy classic books like Don Quixote and Shakespeare's writings. Even if you went to college, but over the years feel as if your mind has gotten lazy; if you want to discipline your mind and review the basic tenets of making literary judgements about what you are reading this is a book for you. If you are sick and tired of reading nothing but the newpaper,magazines, and watching tv, this is the book for you. In fact, if you want to be able to understand how contemporary work connects to the past this book is for you. This book is for those who want to do something about disciplining their mind and enjoying it. Written from a classical education perspective. I recommend buying it so that you don't have to continually try and get the library's copy. Get your own!Read full review
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by lewat_5771Jan 30, 2024
Good title.
Great for improving ones learning and how to go about it. Another super reference book.
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