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The Swerve

Stephen Greenblatt, 2011

Pulitzer Prize, 2012.

A book hunter finds a lost Roman poem in 1417, and old ideas change the world.

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  1. Can one rediscovered book really change the world? What did the author convince you of?
  2. What did you make of the book hunter himself and his reasons for searching?
  3. Which old idea in the poem felt most modern to you?

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