As many histories have pointed out, as late as the mid-18th-c it was widely
> assumed that a list of books existed which all "educated men" shared in
> common.
How does this differ from the "great books" concept, which arose in the United States in the 1920s and 30s?
> Anyone who has not read Wellek, Frye, & Tamas is of course not competent to
> engage in this discussion.
Maybe not, but try and stop me!
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."