The Humanities Handbook, a reference guide to key texts & ideas, Western intellectual tradition
Posted by Celia Walter | 10 Jul, 2008
Humanities handbook, the
The Humanities Handbook is a reference guide to some of the key background texts and ideas that inform the Western intellectual tradition. It was written to meet demand from undergraduate students at Augusta State University for help with understanding references to Greek gods and myths, to provide definitions of important concepts in the humanities, and to give an overview of important literary and philosophical developments. The handbook originated in 1978 and has since expanded and developed to meet changing undergraduate needs. The online text is taken from the seventh edition and dates from 1995. It includes material covering African culture. The first third of the online handbook is mostly concerned with topic in Classics: ancient myth and religion; Greek society, philosophy, and literature; Roman life and culture. There is a selection of texts by medieval writers including: Arab love poetry; Abelard and Heloise; Hildegard von Bingen; Chaucer; and Dante. More modern materials in the handbook include texts by: Milton; Descartes; Locke; Hume; Voltaire; Rousseau; Pope; Wollstonecraft; Goethe; Darwin; and Dostoevsky. There is also a brief guide to modern philosophy and postmodern debate. A short article gives tips on essay writing. A pronunciation guide is provided for undergraduate unsure about Greek and other non-English names. The website features a special section on The Rabinal Achí that is not published in the print version. The music section, on the other hand, was not available on the website when reviewed. Although rather a disparate selection of resources, this site does contain much that is likely to be of interest to new humanities undergraduates. Intute.ac.uk
http://www.aug.edu/langlitcom/humanitiesHBK/handbook_htm/
The Humanities Handbook is a reference guide to some of the key background texts and ideas that inform the Western intellectual tradition. It was written to meet demand from undergraduate students at Augusta State University for help with understanding references to Greek gods and myths, to provide definitions of important concepts in the humanities, and to give an overview of important literary and philosophical developments. The handbook originated in 1978 and has since expanded and developed to meet changing undergraduate needs. The online text is taken from the seventh edition and dates from 1995. It includes material covering African culture. The first third of the online handbook is mostly concerned with topic in Classics: ancient myth and religion; Greek society, philosophy, and literature; Roman life and culture. There is a selection of texts by medieval writers including: Arab love poetry; Abelard and Heloise; Hildegard von Bingen; Chaucer; and Dante. More modern materials in the handbook include texts by: Milton; Descartes; Locke; Hume; Voltaire; Rousseau; Pope; Wollstonecraft; Goethe; Darwin; and Dostoevsky. There is also a brief guide to modern philosophy and postmodern debate. A short article gives tips on essay writing. A pronunciation guide is provided for undergraduate unsure about Greek and other non-English names. The website features a special section on The Rabinal Achí that is not published in the print version. The music section, on the other hand, was not available on the website when reviewed. Although rather a disparate selection of resources, this site does contain much that is likely to be of interest to new humanities undergraduates. Intute.ac.uk
http://www.aug.edu/langlitcom/humanitiesHBK/handbook_htm/