A Great Idea at the Time

by Alex Beam
Category: "Literature/Essays"
Pages:221
Year of Publication:2008
Date Added:01/12/2009
Date Read:01/12/2009
Notes:Subtitle: The Rise, Fall and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books
My Rating: 6

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Review - A Great Idea at the Time

A history of the Great Books movement on college campuses and, later, in the public sphere, including the marketing of the official set of almost unreadable classics of Western literature.

A fairly interesting read, but not really enough to make a book.
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