Worldview Guide for The Iliad (Canon Classics Literature Series)

“All that man has thought or said about the glory and horror of the battlefield, the internal struggle of the soldier, and the inescapable nature of our mortality is contained within the pages of Homer’s epic. It is here that western literature, here that the big questions begin to be asked, here that beauty meets truth.” ~ from the Worldview Guide for Homer’s Iliad

The Worldview Guides from the Canon Classics Literature Series provide an aesthetic and thematic Christian perspective on the most definitive and daunting works of Western Literature. Each Worldview Guide presents the big picture (both the good and the bad) without neglecting the details. Each Worldview Guide is a friendly literary coach — and a treasure map, and a compass, and a key — to help teachers, parents, and students appreciate, critique, and begin to master the classics.

The bite-size WGs are divided into these ten sections (with some variation due to genre): Introduction, The World Around, About the Author, What Other Notables Said, Setting, Characters, & Plot Summary, Worldview Analysis, Quotables, 21 Significant Questions & Answers, and Further Discussion & Review. A free classics test and answer key are also available online.

From the brand

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Canon Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 27, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 56 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1944503900
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1944503901
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.26 ounces
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 – 18 years
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.14 x 8 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #725,072 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #171 in Poetry for Teens & Young Adults #672 in Epic Poetry (Books) #1,485 in Teen & Young Adult Classic Literature
Customer Reviews: 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars (11) var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when(‘A’, ‘ready’).execute(function(A) { if (dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction !== true) { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative( ‘acrLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault”: true }, function (event) { if (window.ue) { ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when(‘A’, ‘cf’).execute(function(A) { A.declarative(‘acrStarsLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault” : true }, function(event){ if(window.ue) { ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } }); });