What are the best texts of intellectual history?
>>25210833I read this, thought it was really cool while I was reading it, and immediately forgot all the information 2 weeks later. If you asked me to tell you Poggio's last name, what time period he lived, or which popes were involved, I couldn't do it to save my life.
>>25210833brutal no reply
>>25212083is most of Greenblatt's other works worth reading?
that's one of those vibes based intellectual histories written by some guy from the english department fun but not real
>>25214313ok what would you consider better replacements?
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>>25214313An unearthed treasure that changed things
>>25214358Who comes up with these covers? Is it even related to the text?
>>25217613Designers.
>>25210833My Diary Desu
>>25214358OP this is a solid answer. Bernard Williams is amazing.>>25210833Picrel's a biography but it captures American Transcendentalism better than anything I've ever read, winds up being equal parts Emerson bio and a portrait of the age's literary culture. Not super what you're looking for, but wanted to mention it. >>25212501Will in the World is a fun book. A good portion of it is Greenblatt more or less guessing/speculating about Shakespeare's life, but you kind of have to do that to write about him. Richly informative imo
>>25219000Thanks
