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Imaginative Literature
This volume of the Gateway to the Great Books covers plays:
Moliere: The Misanthrope
Moliere: The Doctor in Spite of Himself
Sheridan: The School for Scandal
Ibsen: An Enemy of the People
Chekov: The Cherry Orchard
Shaw: The Man of Destiny
Synge: Riders to the Sea
O'Neill: The Emperor Jones
Moliere: The Misanthrope
Moliere: The Doctor in Spite of Himself
Sheridan: The School for Scandal
Ibsen: An Enemy of the People
Chekov: The Cherry Orchard
Shaw: The Man of Destiny
Synge: Riders to the Sea
O'Neill: The Emperor Jones
382 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1963
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About the author
Robert Maynard Hutchins
663 books43 followersRobert Maynard Hutchins (LL.B., Yale Law School, 1925; B.A., Yale University, 1921) was an educational philosopher, dean of Yale Law School (1927-1929), and president (1929–1945) and chancellor (1945–1951) of the University of Chicago.
While he was president of the University of Chicago, Hutchins implemented wide-ranging and controversial reforms of the University, including the elimination of varsity football. The most far-reaching reforms involved the undergraduate College of the University of Chicago, which was retooled into a novel pedagogical system built on Great Books, Socratic dialogue, comprehensive examinations and early entrance to college. Although the substance of this Hutchins Plan was abandoned by the University shortly after Hutchins resigned in 1951, an adapted version of the program survives at Shimer College in Chicago.
Editor-in-Chief of Great Books of the Western World and Gateway to the Great Books; co-editor of The Great Ideas Today; Chairman of the Board of Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica (1943-1974).
He was the husband of novelist Maude Hutchins.
While he was president of the University of Chicago, Hutchins implemented wide-ranging and controversial reforms of the University, including the elimination of varsity football. The most far-reaching reforms involved the undergraduate College of the University of Chicago, which was retooled into a novel pedagogical system built on Great Books, Socratic dialogue, comprehensive examinations and early entrance to college. Although the substance of this Hutchins Plan was abandoned by the University shortly after Hutchins resigned in 1951, an adapted version of the program survives at Shimer College in Chicago.
Editor-in-Chief of Great Books of the Western World and Gateway to the Great Books; co-editor of The Great Ideas Today; Chairman of the Board of Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica (1943-1974).
He was the husband of novelist Maude Hutchins.
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January 21, 2017
I find that if you're not used to reading plays, it takes a while to adjust.
What I mean is that while I read them all, several of these plays passed over my head and I have no recollection of them. These include Sheridan's "The School for Scandal" and both of Moliere's plays.
My opinion may well change on future readings of the collection. The ones that I found easiest to take in on my first reading were Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People," Shaw's "The Man of Destiny," and O'Neill's "The Emperor Jones."
As a society, I don't feel as if we're encouraged to read plays enough. The attitude seems to be that you read books and poetry, and you watch plays. After reading this collection, I plan to make the effort to read more plays.
What I mean is that while I read them all, several of these plays passed over my head and I have no recollection of them. These include Sheridan's "The School for Scandal" and both of Moliere's plays.
My opinion may well change on future readings of the collection. The ones that I found easiest to take in on my first reading were Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People," Shaw's "The Man of Destiny," and O'Neill's "The Emperor Jones."
As a society, I don't feel as if we're encouraged to read plays enough. The attitude seems to be that you read books and poetry, and you watch plays. After reading this collection, I plan to make the effort to read more plays.
Displaying 1 of 1 review