![]() ![]() Enumerate its major parts in their order and relation, and outline these parts as you have outlined the whole.State what the whole book is about with the utmost brevity.Classify the book according to kind and subject matter. ![]() The core of their reading method consists of analyzing the book’s structure and argument to understand what the author is trying to say and whether he or she is correct. Applying the method to poetry, drama, and fiction (which is where my reading is particularly weak) is so problematic that the authors basically give up and leave the reader to his or her own devices. As the book progresses it becomes clear, and the authors admit, that they are concerned only with the great classics of Western literature, and that their proposed method is really geared towards classic expository philosophy. A more appropriate title would be How to Analyze the Great Books of the Western World Set, Particularly Philosophy, and Everything Else Not So Much. My main criticism of the book is that it’s focus is much narrower than the authors would suggest. I suppose I was a little intimidated by the book’s exalted status, but after reading I’m not sure it deserves the unqualified praise it often gets. It is thanks to Jessica’s Great Books Reading Partnership, which recently read the book with great enthusiasm, that I was inspired to finally finish this highly praised volume. ![]() I think How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading has been on my sidebar for almost as long as this blog has existed. ![]()
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