Cultural Amnesia
Necessary Memories from History and the Arts
This international bestseller is an encyclopedic A-Z masterpiece--the perfect introduction to the very core of Western humanism. Clive James rescues, or occasionally destroys, the careers of many of the greatest thinkers, humanists, musicians, artists, and philosophers of the twentieth century. Soaring to Montaigne-like heights, Cultural Amnesia is precisely the book to burnish these memories of a Western civilization that James fears is nearly lost.
James, Clive: - Born in Australia, Clive James lives in Cambridge, England. He is the author of Unreliable Memoirs; a volume of selected poems, Opal Sunset; the best-selling Cultural Amnesia; and the translator of The Divine Comedy by Dante. He has written for the New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic. He is an Officer of the Order of Australia and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
ISBN/UPC:
9780393333541
Product:
Book, Paperback
Title:
Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts
Contributors
- Author: Clive James
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company, 2008
Pages:
876
Languages:
English
Categories
Specification:
8.2 x 5.6 x 1.3 inches, 2 pounds
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