Comments on: Why Read the Classics? (Quote of the Day / Michael Dirda) http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/why-read-the-classics-quote-of-the-day-michael-dirda/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:28:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: songyihan http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/why-read-the-classics-quote-of-the-day-michael-dirda/#comment-9111 Tue, 14 May 2013 02:22:23 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=950#comment-9111 Reblogged this on UNCANNY OR CANNY.

]]> By: isualum http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/why-read-the-classics-quote-of-the-day-michael-dirda/#comment-6097 Thu, 01 May 2008 21:31:40 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=950#comment-6097 I think that is a great way to define it…Thanks

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/why-read-the-classics-quote-of-the-day-michael-dirda/#comment-6095 Thu, 01 May 2008 17:43:27 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=950#comment-6095 Good question. People do define “classics” differently.

I might define a classic as book with literary merit that has been recognized for more than one generation. (The more generations recognize it, the more likely it is to be a classic.) So I would absolutely consider “The Old Man and the Sea” a classic.

]]> By: isualum http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/why-read-the-classics-quote-of-the-day-michael-dirda/#comment-6094 Thu, 01 May 2008 17:17:39 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=950#comment-6094 Classics? Help me picture a definition of classics. I understand that is a loaded question. I am currently reading The Old Man and The Sea….My first Hemingway. Is this a classic?

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/why-read-the-classics-quote-of-the-day-michael-dirda/#comment-6080 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:54:52 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=950#comment-6080 Ouch. I haven’t heard any scholars saying anything that outrageous, but I’ve heard close to it. What a shame …

]]> By: ourclass82 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/why-read-the-classics-quote-of-the-day-michael-dirda/#comment-6079 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:36:01 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=950#comment-6079 And how can we escape from the never-ending contempt of Postmodern view towards Classics? I heard a late scholar advising not to read Classics anymore!

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/why-read-the-classics-quote-of-the-day-michael-dirda/#comment-6078 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:36:24 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=950#comment-6078 Thanks, GG. This quote is typical of Michael Dirda. Some critics have a few great quotes in them … he seems have an infinite supply.

]]> By: ggelliott http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/why-read-the-classics-quote-of-the-day-michael-dirda/#comment-6077 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:44:19 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=950#comment-6077 Excellent quote…brilliant. Makes me want to start emailing it to every high school Lit teacher in the U.S.!

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