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CIVILISATION: A PERSONAL VIEW

by Kenneth Clark

Published by Folio Society. 1st thus. 1999

Very good condition. Scripts of a series of television programmes, featuring Kenneth Clark, given in the spring of 1969 with virtually no printed script, spoken entirely 'off the top of his head'. Large format. Blue pictorial cloth. Colour and b/w photos. 276 pages including index.

Light scuff marks to rear board. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is worn to lower open edge and bumped to same.

Stock no. 1830212

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Contents

  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • 1 The Skin of our Teeth
  • 2 The Great Thaw
  • 3 Romance and Reality
  • 4 Man - the Measure of all Things
  • 5 The Hero as an Artist
  • 6 Protest and Communication
  • 7 Grandeur and Obedience
  • 8 The Light of Experience
  • 9 The Pursuit of Happiness
  • 10 The Smile of Reason
  • 11 The Worship of Nature
  • 12 The Fallacies of Hope
  • 13 Heroic Materalism
  • List of Illustrations
  • Index

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