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This book is a wonderful resource for anyone wishing to explore and develop the mind's capacity to read and comprehend the greatest works in fiction, autobiography, history, poetry, and drama. It offers brief, entertaining histories of the five literary genres, accompanied by detailed instructions on how to read each type.
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Susan Wise Bauer is co-author with her mother, Jessie Wise, of The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, a book which has become an educational standard. Susan teaches literature and writing at The College of William and Mary in Virginia.
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TH E YEAR I turned thirty, I decided to go back to graduate school. Read the first page
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TH E YEAR I turned thirty, I decided to go back to graduate school. Read the first page
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Not quite what I had expected. I had hoped the book would put forward a broad theory of education and a wide range of practical tips and resources.
Instead, the book is mainly (70%) a guide to English literature, in the form of a list of the author's 'good books to read' (just a pared-back list of the usual stuff on any comprehensive reading list), with brief notes on each book. Books are divided into literature, histories, drama and poetry lists.
The author's stated theory is a re-evaluation of the classical 'trivium' system (grammar, rhetoric and logic). However, her take on this is that it is mainly just a way to read a book on three different levels: grammar (superficial understanding), rhetoric (deeper meaning), logic (in-depth analysis). It's a nice idea, but it is really just a grafting of some 'classical' terminology onto a fairly standard English lit course to make it sound like something new.
Good points: the general introduction is quite upbeat and inspiring, and the introductions to each of the four main sections (literature, histories, drama and poetry) provide quite good overviews to the history of each genre.
Weak points: the book lists and notes on each book are a bit dull.
Instead, the book is mainly (70%) a guide to English literature, in the form of a list of the author's 'good books to read' (just a pared-back list of the usual stuff on any comprehensive reading list), with brief notes on each book. Books are divided into literature, histories, drama and poetry lists.
The author's stated theory is a re-evaluation of the classical 'trivium' system (grammar, rhetoric and logic). However, her take on this is that it is mainly just a way to read a book on three different levels: grammar (superficial understanding), rhetoric (deeper meaning), logic (in-depth analysis). It's a nice idea, but it is really just a grafting of some 'classical' terminology onto a fairly standard English lit course to make it sound like something new.
Good points: the general introduction is quite upbeat and inspiring, and the introductions to each of the four main sections (literature, histories, drama and poetry) provide quite good overviews to the history of each genre.
Weak points: the book lists and notes on each book are a bit dull.
30 of 51 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As a product of the stultifying 1960's - '70's comprehensive education system, books such as these form the blade that helps me cut my mind out of the belittling strait jacket imposed by short sighted and begrudging public 'educationalists. Truly a wind of change.
4 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Excellent resource for those looking to home school or supplement their childs education. Very easy to read and contains many practical tips
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