Humanities in the Present Day by Woods, John and Harold G. Coward. (editors) - 1979

Warterloo, Ontario.: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0889200769 . 8vo - 22.5 z 15 cm.; (10) - 107 pp. Light blue cloth over boards with dark blue lettering on the spine and the front board. A collection of 8 articles as follows: 1 - "The Relevance and Importance of the Humanities in the Present Day" by Robertson Davies, 2 - "Reflections on a Liberal Undergraduate Education: Out of the Vortex of Slush and Nonsense" by John Woods and Harold G. Coward, 3 - "On the Philosophy of Graduate Education: Observations and Recommendations" by Gregory Vlastos, 4 - "Research in the Humanities" by George Grant, 5 - "The Humanisitc Concept of Scientific Ideas" by F. E. L. Priestley, 6 - "The Function of Literature in Contemporary Society" by Marie-Claire Blais, 7 - "In Defence of Literature" by Hans Eichner, 8 - "The Flexible Mind" by Malcolm F. McGregor. Five page general index at the back. Illustrated with small black and white photographs of each of the contributors along with a short biographical note for each. The spine tips and board corners are lightly worn. .