“The Swerve” 2-1-Q

 A specific detail I found in the preface of the book “The Swerve” By Stephen Greenblatt is, in the preface he talks about a book hunter who found a lost manuscript. I feel this important because while reading he emphasizes the importance of the manuscript that was found.  A quote I feel related to this is “The copying of books had become a fairly routine part of the work of the monasteries, but the monks who copied the text of Lucretius were not interested in the content of what they copied” This quote got me thinking about how people seemed to be so careless about the manuscripts they copied. Even the manuscripts that ended up being very important. A detail I found in the first chapter was emphasis on rediscovering long lost classic works and how important it can be to find these works. I really loved the quote “The moment he set eyes on the manuscript, he knew that he had discovered something of immense significance, something that would change the course of history.” I like the light it shines on the excitement of finding something that’s been lost. A connection to the world I think in this story is how the classic texts have inspired new ways to think in our world. How it shaped a new society. A question I had while reading the preface was what was the author’s purpose to write this book? Was it to inform people about these works? Did he just have a big interest in these manuscripts? These are questions that got me thinking while reading.