TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reynolds,John Mark
TI  - The Great Books reader: excerpts and essays on the most influential books in western civilization 
SN  - 0764208527 (alk. paper)
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Minneapolis, Minn.
PB  - Bethany House Pub lishers
KW  - Best books
KW  - Christians
KW  - Books and reading
KW  - Literature
KW  - Collections
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 649-651); Homer. Introduction. Selection from the Odyssey. Essay by Al Geier -- Plato. Introduction. Selection from The republic. Essay by Gary Hartenburg -- Aristotle. Introduction. Selection from Nicomachean ethics. Essay by Jeff Lehman -- Virgil. Introduction. Selection from The Aeneid. Essay by Jeff Lehman -- Augustine. Introduction. Selection from Confessions. Essay by Peter Kreeft -- Boethius. Introduction. Selection from Consolation of philosophy. Essay by Michael Fatigati -- Thomas Aquinas. Introduction. Selection from Summa theologica. Essay by Peter Kreeft -- Dante Alighieri. Introduction. Selection from The divine comedy. Essay by Anthony Esolen -- Geoffrey Chaucer. Introduction. Selection from The Canterbury tales. Essay by Diane Vincent -- Desiderius Erasmus. Introduction. Selection from In praise of folly. Essay by Greg Peters -- John Calvin. Introduction. Selection from Institutes of the Christian religion. Essay by Russell D. Moore -- Edmund Spenser. Introduction. Selection From The faerie queene. Essay by John Mark Reynolds -- Miguel De Cervantes. Introduction. Selection from Don Quixote. Essay by RT Llizo -- William Shakespeare. Introduction. Selection from Much ado about nothing. Essay by Melissa Schubert -- René Descartes. Introduction. Selection from Meditations. Essay by Thomas Ward; and other works
N2  - "This anthology includes excerpts from thirty of the greatest works in western literature, and essays about those works written by distinguished professors, lecturers, and authors"--
ER  -