How the West was Won Essays on the Literary Imagination, the Canon, and the Christian Middle Ages for Burcht Pranger

Willemien Otten, Arie Johan Vanderjagt, Hent De Vries, Arjo Vanderjagt — 2010

This volume contains articles on various aspects of literary imagination, with essays ranging from Petrarch to Voltaire, on the canon, with essays on western history as one of shifting cultural ideals, and on the Christian Middle Ages. The volume is a Festschrift for Burcht Pranger of the University of Amsterdam.