Download or read book The Humanities in Western Culture written by Robert Carson Lamm and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 1996 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition provides a brief introduction to all areas of the humanities. It includes visual arts, literature, drama, music, religion and philosophy, and covers pre-history through to the 20th century. Features offer expanded material on women, Africans, Americans, Hispanics including Mexican muralists and Islam; literary excerpts with a translation of Aristotle's Poetics; and a discussion of film and cinema.