{"product_id":"the-swerve","title":"THE SWERVE - Stephen Greenblatt","description":"\u003cp\u003e~ Trade Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~ Winner of the James Russell Lowell Prize - 2011, and the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction - 2012\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Swerve: How the World Became Modern\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work of history and a thrilling story of discovery with \u003cem\u003eThe Swerve\u003c\/em\u003e, which recounts how one manuscript, plucked from a thousand years of neglect, changed the course of human thought and made possible the world as we know it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the gardens of the ancient philosophers to the dark chambers of monastic scriptoria during the Middle Ages to the cynical, competitive court of a corrupt and dangerous pope, \u003cem\u003eThe Swerve\u003c\/em\u003e is an intellectually invigorating, nonfiction mystery-in-the-archives thriller.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Every tale of the preservation of intellectual history should be as rich and satisfying as Stephen Greenblatt's history of the reclamation and acclamation of Lucretius's \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDe rerum natura\u003c\/span\u003e from obscurity.\" -- Shelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goodwill Bookstore - London Adelaide","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45171766919420,"sku":"","price":5.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0532\/1166\/0466\/files\/20251123_153146.jpg?v=1773419673","url":"https:\/\/gwbookstore-london.myshopify.com\/products\/the-swerve","provider":"Goodwill Bookstore - London Adelaide","version":"1.0","type":"link"}