Ideal library
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| - | [[Henry Miller]]’s '[[Ideal Library]]". Miller compiled this list of [[classic literature|greatest literary works]] for the book ''[[Pour une Bibliothèque Idéale ]]''. | + | An '''ideal library''' is a philosophical construct in [[canon]] building. It attempts to compile a list of the [[classic literature|greatest literary works]]. |
| - | + | ==See also== | |
| + | *[[Ideal]] | ||
| + | *[[Classic book]] | ||
| + | *[[Library]] | ||
| *[[Petrarch's library]] | *[[Petrarch's library]] | ||
| - | **this fit perfectly to form the [[ideal library]] of a man of culture and integrated in with Petrarch's humanism. Sometime in the year 1367, however, ... | + | *''[[Pour une Bibliothèque Idéale]]'' (1956) by Raymond Queneau |
| - | + | *''[[Literary Taste: How to Form It]]'' (1909) by Arnold Bennett | |
| - | *[[Richard de Fournival]] | + | *''[[The Books in My Life]]'' (1952) by Henry Miller. |
| - | **Whether this was an [[ideal library]] or a real one is uncertain. But we can say , however, that at least 35 volumes have been identified as items in ... | + | |
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An ideal library is a philosophical construct in canon building. It attempts to compile a list of the greatest literary works.
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See also
- Ideal
- Classic book
- Library
- Petrarch's library
- Pour une Bibliothèque Idéale (1956) by Raymond Queneau
- Literary Taste: How to Form It (1909) by Arnold Bennett
- The Books in My Life (1952) by Henry Miller.
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