The Joy of Reading : A Passionate Guide to 189 of the Worlds Best Authors and Their Works

Charles Van Doren

Literary Criticism

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This is an enormously readable, critical description of the classic works and their authors, from Homer and Dante to Solzhenitsyn and Salinger, written by the former editor of The Encyclopedia Britannica, The Annals of America (20 Volumes), and The History of Knowledge. The book consists of 15 chapters organized chronologically, from the Golden Age that includes Aristotle and Heroditus to only yesterday, with descriptions of great works by Orwell and Heinlen. Van Doren will begin each chapter with a short introduction about the period, placing the works within that period_x0092_s history, and the influence that history had on later books and times. The Joy of Reading contains insightful descriptions, analysis, and comments about a wide range of genres _x0096_ fiction, poetry, drama, children_x0092_s books, philosophy, history, science, and reference books. The author_x0092_s personal commentary will awaken and renew a love of literature in every reader. The Joy of Reading will include a complete bibliography. Originally published in 1985, that version of The Joy of Reading was organized alphabetically, based on the authors_x0092_ names. In this complete revision, the entries are organized chronologically, and each chapter contains a historical essay on the period it covers, as well as descriptions of each author_x0092_s major works. Also included are new entries on more recent works and their authors.

Charles Van Doren

Charles Van Doren (February 12, 1926 – April 9, 2019) was an American writer and editor who was involved in a television quiz show scandal in the 1950s. In 1959 he testified before the United States Congress that he had been given the correct answers by the producers of the NBC quiz show Twenty-One. Terminated by NBC, he joined Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. in 1959, becoming a vice-president and writing and editing many books before retiring in 1982.

Title	The Joy of Reading : A Passionate Guide to 189 of the Worlds Best Authors and Their Works
Author	Charles Van Doren
Publisher	Sourcebooks Inc.
Number of Pages	525
Language	English (US)
Category	Literary Criticism
First Published	FEB 2008