A Listener's Guide to Invitation to Learning, Summer, 1942
New York: Columbia University Press, 1941.
Price: $22.00
Softcover. First edition. 41pp. Stapled binding. Near fine with age-toning to cover edges and newspaper articles taped and glued inside rear cover with date noted in ink. Invitation to Learning is a series of informal discussions of the world's greatest books, this guide is for the 29 programs from November 16, 1942, through May 31, 1942. Published for the Columbia Broadcasting System.
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Mark Van Doren
birth name: Mark Van Doren
born: 6/13/1894
died: 12/10/1972
Biography
American poet, writer, and eminent teacher. He upheld the writing of verse in traditional forms throughout a lengthy period of experiment in poetry. As a teacher at Columbia University (N.Y.) for 39 years (1920-59), he exercised a profound influence on generations of students. Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore