Great Books for All Americans

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
In post-war America, the Great Books movement, door-to-door book sales, and the Encyclopedia Britannica aimed to bring high culture to the masses. We look into whether it succeeded, and how it shaped modern ideas of literature. Alex Beam is author of A Great Idea at the Time.

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