The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction. Content: The Harvard Classics: V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & Penn V. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus Aurelius V. 3: Bacon, Milton, Browne V. 4: John Milton V. 5: R. W. Emerson V. 6: Robert Burn...

The Harvard Classics: Complete 51-Volume Collection offers an unparalleled exploration of the foundational texts that have shaped Western thought, literature, and science. This anthology encompasses a breathtaking array of genres and styles, ranging from the drama of Shakespeare and Sophocles to the philosophical treatises of Plato and Kant, and the insightful essays of Montaigne and Emerson. The collection is celebrated not only for its diversity but also for standout compilations that we...

The Complete Harvard Classics gathers fifty-one volumes of Western writing into an ambitious portable canon, spanning epic, tragedy, philosophy, political theory, devotional prose, scientific inquiry, history, fiction, and essay. Ancient dialogues and dramas stand beside Renaissance humanism, Enlightenment argument, Romantic lyricism, Victorian criticism, and foundational scientific writing. Its range—from fable, chronicle, and travel narrative to speeches, experiments, and imaginative lit...

e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited and formatted collection of Dr. Eliot: The Harvard Classics: V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & Penn V. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus Aurelius V. 3: Bacon, Milton, Browne V. 4: Poems by John Milton V. 5: R. W. Emerson V. 6: Poems by Robert Burns V. 7: St Augustine & Thomas á Kempis V. 8: Nine Greek Dramas V. 9: Cicero and Pliny V. 10: The Wealth of Nations V. 11: The Origin of Species V. 12: Plutarch's Lives V. 13: Æneid V. 14: Don Quixote V. 15: Bun...

This revised and updated second edition of Best New Horror showcases some of the very best short stories and novellas published in 1990, the year when the horror boom finally went bust. In this vilifying volume you will rediscover terrifying tales by, amongst many others, Poppy Z. Brite, Jonathan Carroll, Harlan Ellison, Elizabeth Hand, Michael Marshall Smith, Peter Straub, F. Paul Wilson, Gahan Wilson and Gene Wolfe, along with an overview of the year in horror by the editors and a nightm...

The Harvard Classics: Complete 51-Volume Collection assembles a capacious Western canon in which epic, tragedy, drama, poetry, essay, memoir, history, philosophy, scientific writing, political argument, religious meditation, and folktale coexist. Spanning antiquity through the modern era, it places classical dialogues and epics beside Renaissance humanism, Enlightenment inquiry, Romantic imagination, Victorian criticism, and foundational scientific texts. Its celebrated selections make int...

Madison & Adams Press presents to you this meticulously edited collection of essential works to read, prepared by Dr. Eliot, the longest running president of the Harvard University: V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & Penn V. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus Aurelius V. 3: Bacon, Milton's Prose, Browne V. 4 Complete Poems by John Milton V. 5: Essays & English Traits by Emerson V. 6: Poems and Songs by Robert Burns V. 7: The Confessions of Saint Augustine & The Imitation of Christ V. 8: Nine Greek Dramas...

Harvard's Classics Collection: Complete 71 Volumes stands as a monumental anthology encompassing a vast range of influential literary works that have shaped Western thought and culture. Cueing from classical antiquity to the threshold of the modern era, this collection astutely merges genres, philosophical discourse, dramatic narratives, and lyrical poetry to sketch the evolution of human intellect and aesthetics over millennia. Its robust selection brings together the elemental compositio...

In this comprehensive anthology, twenty-seven outstanding scholars from North America and Europe address every major aspect of Thomas Aquinas's understanding of morality and comment on his remarkable legacy. While there has been a revival of interest in recent years in the ethics of St. Thomas, no single work has yet fully examined the basic moral arguments and content of Aquinas' major moral work, the Second Part of the Summa Theologiae. This work fills that lacuna.The first chapt...

Harvard on the Beach gathers a formidable constellation of world literature, philosophy, history, religion, science, and political thought into a single, wide-ranging anthology. Its compass extends from classical epic, Greek tragedy, fable, and Platonic dialogue to Renaissance drama, Enlightenment essay, Romantic poetry, Victorian criticism, and modern scientific prose. The collection's significance lies in its breadth: meditations, confessions, comedies, voyages, treatises, and tales stan...

The Complete Harvard Anthology of the Greatest Works of World Literature gathers an extraordinary span of epic, drama, philosophy, essay, satire, fable, devotional writing, political reflection, and lyric poetry. Moving from classical antiquity through the Renaissance, Enlightenment, Romanticism, and Victorian moral criticism, it presents world literature as a continuing conversation about virtue, power, imagination, faith, reason, liberty, and human suffering. Its range includes tragic dr...

Harvard on the Beach is an exquisite anthology that traverses the eons and geographic boundaries of literature, offering readers an unparalleled immersion into the towering accomplishments of Western thought and creativity. With genres ranging from romantic poetry and philosophical essays to mesmerizing fables and dramatic plays, this collection encapsulates the essence of its broad cultural milieu. Through the inclusion of timeless excerpts from both familiar and lesser-known works, the a...