A Great Idea at the Time
The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books
By Alex Beam
(PublicAffairs, Paperback, 9781586487768, 245pp.)
Publication Date: October 2009
Other Editions of This Title: eBook, Hardcover (November 2008)
Categories: Social History, Books & Reading, United States - 20th Century (1945 to 2000)
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Description
Today, the classics written by the proverbial dead white men are cannon fodder in the culture wars, but in the 1950s and 1960s they were a pop culture phenomenon. Beam explores the Great Books mania, in this strangely poignant portrait of America on the threshold of the television age.
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The Privileges Jonathan Dee Random House |
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The Unnamed Joshua Ferris Reagan Arthur Books |
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Committed Elizabeth Gilbert Viking Adult |
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The Crossing Places Elly Griffiths Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
