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A Jacques Barzun Reader

Selections from His Works

A Jacques Barzun Reader( )
Author: Barzun, Jacques
ISBN:978-0-06-621019-3
Publication Date:Jan 2002
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:Harper
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $59.95
Book Description:

Throughout his career Jacques Barzun, author of more than thirty books, including most recently the New York Times bestseller From Dawn to Decadence, has always been known as a witty and graceful essayist, one who combines a depth of knowledge and a rare facility with words.

In A Jacques Barzun Reader, Michael Murray has carefully selected from Barzun's oeuvre eighty of the most inventive, accomplished, and insightful essays, now available for the first time in one...
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Book Details
Pages:640
Detailed Subjects: History / Civilization
History / Social History
Philosophy / Movements / Critical Theory
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Education / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.7 x 20.32 x 3.632 cm
Book Weight:0.75 Kilograms
Author Biography
Barzun, Jacques (Author)
Jacques Barzun was born in Créteil, France on November 30, 1907. He came to the United States in 1920 and graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University in 1927. Following graduation, he joined Columbia's faculty as an instructor while continuing his studies in graduate school there, receiving a master's degree in 1928 and a doctorate in French history in 1932. He became a full professor in 1945, was dean of graduate faculties from 1955 to 1958, and dean of faculties from 1958 to 1967. He retired from Columbia University in 1975.

He was a historian and cultural critic. The core of his work was the importance of studying history to understand the present and a fundamental respect for intellect. Although he wrote on subjects as diverse as detective fiction and baseball, he was especially known for his many books on music, nineteenth-century romanticism and education. His works include Darwin, Marx and Wagner: Critique of a Heritage; Romanticism and the Modern Ego; The House of Intellect; Race: A Study in Superstition; Simple and Direct: A Rhetoric for Writers; A Stroll with William James; The Culture We Deserve; and From Dawn to Decadence. He died on October 25, 2012 at the age of 104.

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