- Susan Wise Bauer
Susan Wise Bauer (born 1968) is an American
author , English instructor of writing and American literature atThe College of William and Mary , and founder ofPeace Hill Press .She holds a
Master of Divinity fromWestminster Theological Seminary inPhiladelphia, PA , a Master of Arts in English and aPh.D. inAmerican Studies from The College of William and Mary. She has been a member of the English faculty at William and Mary since 1993.She is the author of "The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had", a guide to reading the great books published by
W. W. Norton (2003); a four-volume world history series for children, "The Story of the World", published byPeace Hill Press ; and the first volume of a forthcoming four-volume world history series for W. W. Norton. She co-authored, with her mother,Jessie Wise , "The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home", published by W. W. Norton in 1999 and revised and updated it in 2004. This text established Bauer as a central figure in the modern classical education and home education movements. ["City Journal" (The Manhattan Institute), Summer 2000; "Homeschooling for Dummies," by Jennifer Kaufeld (John Wiley, 2001), p. 129; "Wisdom and Eloquence," by Robert Littlejohn and Charles Evans (Crossway Books, 2006), p. ; "Homeschooling 101: The Essential Handbook," by Mark and Christine Field (Broadman & Holman, 2007), p. 28; "The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling," by Debra Bell (Thomas Nelson, 2000), p. 148.]Susan Wise Bauer is also a contributing editor for the journal
Books & Culture . Her essays on literature and American religion have been cited by such diverse authors as Randall Balmer [ "Protestantism in America," by Randall Balmer (Columbia University Press, 2002), p. 163 ] and Jennifer Harris ["The Oprah Phenomenon," ed. Jennifer Harris (University of Kentucky Press, 2007), p. 195.] , and have also appeared in a number of anthologies. [ "Wonderful Words of Life: Hymns in American Protestant History and Theology," ed. Richard J. Mouw and Mark A. Noll (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2004), pp. 205-233; "The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing," by Leland Ryken (Shaw, rev. and exp. ed., 2002), p. 229-312; "Racism: Current Controversies," ed. Mary E. Williams (Greenhaven Press/The Gale Group, 2004), pp. 146-155); "The Best Christian Writing 2000," ed. John Wilson (HarperSanFrancisco, 2000), pp. 46-59.]She learned
Latin at age 10 and also studied Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Korean. Her works have been published in Korea by Theory & Praxis and in the Netherlands by Uitgeverij Mozaiek (Zoetermeer).Her literary agent is
Richard Henshaw of the Richard Henshaw Group, New York.Works
*cite book | first=Susan Wise | last=Bauer | title=The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home | publisher=W. W. Norton | year=1999 | id=ISBN 0-393-05927-8
*cite book | first=Susan Wise | last=Bauer | title=The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had | publisher=W. W. Norton | year=2003 | id=ISBN 0-393-05094-7
*cite book | first=Susan Wise | last=Bauer | title=The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome | publisher=W. W. Norton | year=2007 | id=ISBN 0-393-05974-8Notes
External links
* [http://www.susanwisebauer.com Official website]
* [http://www.peacehillpress.com Peace Hill Press]
* [http://www.city-journal.org/html/10_3_an_a_for_home.html City Journal Summer 2000]
* [http://www.marshillaudio.org/resources/segment_detail.asp?ID=453054420 Mars Hill interview]
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