大衛.丹比在離開哥倫比亞大學30年後又重新走進瞭課堂，和18歲的學生們一起，和他們讀同樣的書。對於那些被稱作為西方文化堡壘的經典著作，作者又一次重新閱讀。他的行為證明，即使在這樣的後工業社會，人心仍然是傾嚮古典的。

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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. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.