{"product_id":"the-well-educated-mind-a-guide-to-the-classical-education-you-never-had-9780393080964","title":"The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Susan Wise Bauer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Adult \u0026amp; Continuing Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave you lost the art of reading for pleasure? Are there books you know you should read but haven't because they seem too daunting? In \u003cem\u003eThe Well-Educated Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, Susan Wise Bauer provides a welcome and encouraging antidote to the distractions of our age, electronic and otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewly expanded and updated to include standout works from the twenty-first century as well as essential readings in science (from the earliest works of Hippocrates to the discovery of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs), \u003cem\u003eThe Well-Educated Mind\u003c\/em\u003e offers brief, entertaining histories of six literary genres--fiction, autobiography, history, drama, poetry, and science--accompanied by detailed instructions on how to read each type. The annotated lists at the end of each chapter--ranging from Cervantes to Cormac McCarthy, Herodotus to Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Aristotle to Stephen Hawking--preview recommended reading and encourage readers to make vital connections between ancient traditions and contemporary writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Well-Educated Mind\u003c\/em\u003e reassures those readers who worry that they read too slowly or with below-average comprehension. If you can understand a daily newspaper, there's no reason you can't read and enjoy Shakespeare's sonnets or Jane Eyre. But no one should attempt to read the \"Great Books\" without a guide and a plan. Bauer will show you how to allocate time to reading on a regular basis; how to master difficult arguments; how to make personal and literary judgments about what you read; how to appreciate the resonant links among texts within a genre--what does \u003cem\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/em\u003e owe to \u003cem\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/em\u003e?--and also between genres.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her best-selling work on home education, \u003cem\u003eThe Well-Trained Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, the author provided a road map of classical education for parents wishing to home-school their children; that book is now the premier resource for home-schoolers. In \u003cem\u003eThe Well-Educated Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, Bauer takes the same elements and techniques and adapts them to the use of adult readers who want both enjoyment and self-improvement from the time they spend reading. Followed carefully, her advice will restore and expand the pleasure of the written word.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45154238431383,"sku":"9780393080964","price":2816.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780393080964.webp?v=1767148014","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-well-educated-mind-a-guide-to-the-classical-education-you-never-had-9780393080964","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}