Harvard Classics
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Harvard Classics is a 51-volume anthology of classic literature and foundational texts compiled in the early 20th century as a comprehensive liberal education collection.
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| Harvard Classics canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Harvard Classics Context triple: [Charles W. Eliot, notableWork, Harvard Classics]
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Oxford World’s Classics
Oxford World’s Classics is a long-running series of affordable, scholarly editions of major works of literature and thought from around the world.
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Loeb Classical Library
The Loeb Classical Library is a renowned series of books that presents important works of ancient Greek and Latin literature with the original text and facing-page English translations.
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Norton Anthologies
The Norton Anthologies are influential, widely used academic collections of literature and other texts that provide curated, annotated selections for study in schools and universities.
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Everyman's Library
Everyman's Library is a long-running series of classic literature editions known for its high-quality, durable hardcovers and authoritative texts.
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Norton Critical Editions
Norton Critical Editions is a renowned series of scholarly annotated texts that combine authoritative editions of literary works with critical essays, contextual documents, and editorial commentary for students and scholars.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Harvard Classics Target entity description: Harvard Classics is a 51-volume anthology of classic literature and foundational texts compiled in the early 20th century as a comprehensive liberal education collection.
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A.
Oxford World’s Classics
Oxford World’s Classics is a long-running series of affordable, scholarly editions of major works of literature and thought from around the world.
-
B.
Loeb Classical Library
The Loeb Classical Library is a renowned series of books that presents important works of ancient Greek and Latin literature with the original text and facing-page English translations.
-
C.
Norton Anthologies
The Norton Anthologies are influential, widely used academic collections of literature and other texts that provide curated, annotated selections for study in schools and universities.
-
D.
Everyman's Library
Everyman's Library is a long-running series of classic literature editions known for its high-quality, durable hardcovers and authoritative texts.
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E.
Norton Critical Editions
Norton Critical Editions is a renowned series of scholarly annotated texts that combine authoritative editions of literary works with critical essays, contextual documents, and editorial commentary for students and scholars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (84)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthology
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book series ⓘ literary collection ⓘ |
| aim | to provide a comprehensive liberal education ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf
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Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf ⓘ
surface form:
Eliot's Five Foot Shelf
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| associatedWith |
Charles W. Eliot
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surface form:
Charles William Eliot
Harvard University ⓘ |
| compiler | Charles W. Eliot ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| editor | Charles W. Eliot ⓘ |
| educationalPhilosophy | liberal education through great books ⓘ |
| genre |
classic literature
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educational anthology ⓘ reference work ⓘ |
| hasDigitalVersion | yes ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Wealth of Nations
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surface form:
Volume 10: Wealth of Nations (Selections) by Adam Smith
On the Origin of Species ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 11: Origin of Species (Selections) by Charles Darwin
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 12: Plutarch's Lives (Selections)
Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 13: Aeneid by Virgil
Don Quixote ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 14: Don Quixote (Selections) by Cervantes
The Pilgrim’s Progress ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 15: Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
The Arabian Nights ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 16: The Thousand and One Nights (Selections)
Volume 17: Folk Stories and Fables ⓘ Volume 18: Modern English Drama ⓘ Faust, Part One ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 19: Faust by Goethe
Volume 1: Franklin, Woolman, Penn ⓘ Volume 20: The Divine Comedy by Dante ⓘ I Promessi Sposi ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 21: I Promessi Sposi (Selections) by Manzoni
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 22: The Odyssey of Homer
Two Years Before the Mast (book) ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 23: Two Years Before the Mast by Dana
Volume 24: On the Sublime; French Revolution; etc. ⓘ Volume 25: Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini ⓘ Volume 26: Continental Drama ⓘ Volume 27: English Essays ⓘ Volume 28: Essays and English Traits (additional) ⓘ The Voyage of the Beagle ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 29: Voyage of the Beagle (Selections)
Volume 2: Plato, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius ⓘ Volume 30: Scientific Papers ⓘ Volume 31: Autobiography, etc. ⓘ Volume 32: Literary and Philosophical Essays ⓘ Volume 33: Voyages and Travels ⓘ Volume 34: French and English Philosophers ⓘ Volume 35: Chronicle and Romance ⓘ Volume 36: Machiavelli, More, Luther ⓘ Volume 37: Locke, Berkeley, Hume ⓘ Volume 38: Harvey, Jenner, Lister, Pasteur ⓘ Volume 39: Famous Prefaces ⓘ Bacon's Essays ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 3: Essays by Bacon, Milton, Browne
Volume 40: English Poetry 1 ⓘ Volume 41: English Poetry 2 ⓘ Volume 42: English Poetry 3 ⓘ Volume 43: American Historical Documents ⓘ Volume 44: Sacred Writings 1 ⓘ Volume 45: Sacred Writings 2 ⓘ Volume 46: Elizabethan Drama 1 ⓘ Volume 47: Elizabethan Drama 2 ⓘ Volume 48: Thoughts and Minor Works ⓘ Volume 49: Epic and Saga ⓘ Paradise Lost ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 4: Complete Poems of John Milton
Volume 50: Introduction, Reader's Guide, Indexes ⓘ Volume 51: Lectures ⓘ Emerson’s collected essays ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 5: Essays and English Traits by Emerson
Poems of Robert Burns ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 6: Poems and Songs by Robert Burns
Confessions (Augustine) ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 7: Confessions of St. Augustine; Imitation of Christ
Volume 8: Nine Greek Dramas ⓘ Epistulae ⓘ
surface form:
Volume 9: Letters and Treatises of Cicero and Pliny
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| inception | early 20th century ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
home study
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liberal education ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 51 ⓘ |
| physicalDescription | approximately five feet of shelf space ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1909–1910 ⓘ |
| publisher | P. F. Collier & Son ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
classic works of literature
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foundational texts of Western civilization ⓘ important religious and spiritual texts ⓘ important works of history ⓘ important works of philosophy ⓘ important works of science ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general readers
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self-educating adults ⓘ |
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