A collection of 45 columns and essays by the three eminent writers, originally written for the bulletin of the Readers' Subscription Book Club.

This is the story of the career and ideas of one of the twentieth-century's leading intellectuals. Jacques Barzun was the author of some thirty books of biograp

Drawing from the works of influential figures in art and literature, the author traces the development of romanticism from classicism and the emergence of the m

In this international bestseller, originally published in 1959, Jacques Barzun, acclaimed author of From Dawn to Decadence, takes on the whole intellectual -- o

The essence of culture is interpenetration. From any part of it the searching eye will discover connections with another part seemingly remote. If from my descr