{"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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBauer, Susan Wise:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSusan Wise Bauer\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, educator, and historian. Her previous books include the \u003cem\u003eWriting With Ease, Writing With Skill, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eStory of the World\u003c\/em\u003e series from Well-Trained Mind Press, as well as \u003cem\u003eThe Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had, Rethinking School, The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory, \u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eHistory of the World\u003c\/em\u003e series, all from W. W. W. Norton. She has a Ph.D. in American Studies from the College of William \u0026amp; Mary in Virginia, as well as an M.A. in seventeenth-century literature and a Master of Divinity in Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literature. For fifteen years, she taught literature and composition at the College of William and Mary.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50630315933970,"sku":"9780393080964","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5ef6486d-3acb-4415-a15b-15f3fc81a86a.jpg?v=1737266332","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-well-educated-mind-a-guide-to-the-classical-education-you-never-had-9780393080964","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}