description: David Denby, New York city movie critic and journalist, entered Columbia University in 1991 to take the university's famous course in "Great Books." This is the course that, in preserving the notion of the western canon without apology to multiculturalists and feminists, has been an unlikely focus of America's culture war in recent years. Where other universities have caved in and revised or enlarged the canon, Columbia's course has remained intact. Denby's intention as a writer and protagonist in the culture war was to record the experience and the personal impact of the course. He has produced a cry from the heart in favor of the classics of western civilization, relaying with infectious enthusiasm how literature touched his soul.
language: German
title: Große Bücher: Meine Abenteuer mit Meisterwerken aus drei Jahrtausenden
titlecomplete: Große Bücher: Meine Abenteuer mit Meisterwerken aus drei Jahrtausenden
genres: Education, Literary Criticism, Literature, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Reference, Classics, Memoir, Books About Books, Biography
ratings_count: 1034
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Btb Bei Goldmann