4/5 stars.
(ARC) ebook, 288 pages.
Read from September 19 to October 08, 2013.
Thank you Netgalley for allowing me to re-visit my University days with this awesome book!
This book is like an English degree in a few hundred pages. It covers all of the main pieces of literature and their contributions to the literary world, and history, in a concise and entertaining manner. I really enjoyed Sutherland’s precise writing and remarks on the works he was analyzing. I feel that he gave a proper perspective and insight into each piece of work, author or era. I also appreciated that added his own views after giving a through summary in each chapter.
Books like this are essential. It is a reminder to everyone just how much reading and writing has shaped our history and our culture and why they are still important today. Without these stories we may not have an accurate account of anything that had happened in our past and we would not know how the minds of that era functioned. I truly believe that these elements of expression contribute massively to who we are today and are an essential part of being human.
For me, reading this was a refreshing walk down memory lane and it allowed me to re-explore all of the works I enjoyed while pursuing my own degree in English a few years ago. While my love for reading and such has never dwindled, reading this book sparked a renewed interest in re-visiting my school notes, re-reading some classics and getting to the few that I haven’t had a chance to get to as of yet.
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