TY - BOOK AU - Calvino, Italo. TI - Why read the classics? SN - 9780141189703 U1 - 809 CAL PY - 2009/// CY - , London PB - : Penguin KW - Literature KW - History and criticism KW - history of world literature N2 - In this collection of 36 essays, Italo Calvino explores the definition of what is classic literature, and surveys works that range from early modern Europe and antiquity to the 19th century novel and contemporary classics ER -