Reviews of Beam's 'A Great Idea at the Time'

Following up on Ambrose Mensch's post, A Great Idea at the Time, here are some of the reviews of Alex Beam's book, A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books.

A good read about the Great Books: Long before Oprah’s Book Club, there was..., by Mary Ruth Yoe, University of Chicago Magazine, November-December 2008

Heavy Reading, by James Campbell, The New York Times, November 14, 2008

The great dictators, by Matthew Price, The National, December 26, 2008

The Not-So-Great Books, by Daniel J. Flynn, First Principles, April 20, 2009

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