Clashes of Culture (Great Books Foundation 50th Anniversary Series.)
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Book Description
A Great Books Foundation anthology for book discussion groups, including questions for discussion. Since 1947, the publications and shared inquiry method of the Great Books Foundation have helped people around the world organize and maintain thriving book discussion groups. Over the years, countless people have attested that the intellectual exchange fostered by their Great Books groups has been one of the most meaningful experiences of their lives. This is one of nine volumes in the Great Books Foundation's 50th Anniversary Series, inaugurating the next half-century of thoughtful discussion about outstanding works for literature. Each volume consists of short works by classic and modern authors from around the world, and includes prose, poetry, and discussion questions for each selection as well as questions for two novels recommended for book discussion groups.
About the Author
Clifford Geertz, Carlos Fuentes, W. E. B. Du Bois, Doris Lessing, Jonathan Swift, Derek Walcott, E. M. Forster, Jean Rhys (Short biographies of each author are included at the beginning of each selection in the anthology.)
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