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In the past few days I’ve knocked out several categories for the 2015 Reading Challenge, including: A Book Older than 100 Years: Beowulf, the story of a hero from another land who conquers a monster, his mother , and his … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglo-Saxons, English Literature, fantasy, Heoric Epic, poetry, The Western Canon
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Who Killed Homer?
Who Killed Homer? The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom© 1998 Victor Davis Hanson290 pages For hundreds of years, the study of the classics was at the heart of a liberal education, thought essential to the … Continue reading