Louis Menand
Louis Menand is an award-winning essayist, critic, author, professor, and historian, best known for his Pulitzer-winning book The Metaphysical Club , an intellectual and cultural history of late 19th and early 20th century America.
Louis Menand is an award-winning essayist, critic, author, professor, and historian, best known for his Pulitzer-winning book The Metaphysical Club , an intellectual and cultural history of late 19th and early 20th century America. See less
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Louis Menand book reviews
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The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America
How Ideas Matter In America
Louis Menand's "The Metaphysical Club" is a rare book which manages to be both scholarly and popular. As a popular work, it offers an accessible exposition of complex ideas and thinkers. On a more ... Read More
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The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America
Not interested in philosophy but enjoyed it
by JonR, Mar 31, 2017
This book is very well-written and engaging. I read it because I am part of a book club. The topic wouldn't have been my first, or second, choice but I enjoyed it and learned nonetheless. Read More
