The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt(2007-10-30)
In The Swerve, Stephen Greenblatt explores the movement of ideas from antiquity into the modern age. Through literary and cultural history, he considers how the rediscovery of a classical work helped influence changing views of knowledge, society, and human possibility.
About This Book
Stephen Greenblatt’s The Swerve examines the relationship between the ancient world and the emergence of modern thought.
The book centers on the recovery and renewed influence of an important classical text, tracing how ideas can travel across centuries.
Greenblatt presents literary history as a force that can affect culture, imagination, and the way people understand their world.
Accessible and wide-ranging, this work connects the preservation of the past with the transformation of the present.
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