Books Blog : Classics

Taking on Virgil

banksoftheohio@evpl — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:22:00 GMT

In her novel Lavinia, celebrated author Ursula LeGuin gives lyrical voice to her title character: the daughter of mythical King Latinus and the woman fated to cause The Aeneid's culminating war. This lushly detailed account of ancient Italian ritual and daily life, which was named a 2008 Best Book by Library Journal, is an intriguing companion to Virgil's epic poem. Check them both out and join the Classics Book Discussion on December 13th as we consider one of the cornerstones of Western literature.

Cassics Book Discussion

Thursday, December 13, 2012

1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

2nd Floor Conference Room

Central Library

90 Classic Books for People in a Hurry by Henrik Lange

Bufkinite@evpl — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:20:00 GMT

This morning over my first cup of coffee I read Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness; and then Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. I decided to read The Three Musketeers before jumping in the shower.

This delightful book reduces most of the canon of "Western Literature" into a series of four-panel cartoons. Each of the books thus encapsulated is given one two-page spread, and each 4-panel cartoon only uses 3 to tell the story, because one panel is always the book title.

I found this collection to be very funny and well thought out. It's also weird how many of the books he actually does capture the essence of in one page.

You're in a hurry, so check this one out!

Classic Books on your computer!

Guatemama@evpl — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:46:00 GMT

Have you ever had this problem -- your teacher/professor has assigned some classic of literature for you to read and by the time you make it to the library all the copies of this book are checked out?!?! Did you know that you have another option, other than going out and buying it? Well, YOU DO!

The Literary Resource Center, one of the many databases offered by and accessible from the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library website, has a host of PDF fulltext classic titles ranging from the Odyssey and Iliad of Homer to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and many, many more that you can download and read right on your computer.... thanks to the wonderful work of Project Gutenburg! In addition you can find biographies about the authors, literary criticism, and articles about these titles right in the same place.

Check it out!

From the EVPL homepage....

Click on the Research tab

From the Menu on the left select Databases

Choose Category Sequence

Find Literature

Select Literary Resource Center

From home you will be prompted to enter your Library Card Number

Then....Search for the title or author you need!