Shortly after I moved to New York at the age of 19, a friend bought a set of the Great Books of the Western World, published by the Encyclopedia Britannica. It's a wonderful set. The concept was ...

So many fantasy books base their settings on Western Europe, but there are great additions to the genre that draw inspiration ...

I refer to Senator William Benton, the University of Chicago, and Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., whose enlightened partnership has brought out the Great Books of the Western World.

At its best, the author reminds us, the Great Books cause was a populist crusade. Anyone could read the masterpieces of Western literature, its adherents declared, and everyone should.

The Great Books of the Western World were ostentatiously launched on April 15, 1952, at a glittering black-tie affair in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York.

Book lists by other writers are a great place to start Compilations of great books, neglected books and personal favorites by writers like Joan Didion and more, are like a Michelin Guide to reading.

Originally published by Encyclopedia Britannica in 1952, Great Books of the Western World offered a selection of core texts representing the highest achievements of European and North American culture ...

The Great Books and the Aspen Institute’s seminars nourished a vibrant reading community in Aspen. Publication of Great Books of the Western World coincided with the creation of the Institute’s ...

Great Books: My Adventures with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World At 3 o'clock one summer morning, a young classics scholar was crashing around in the ...