'Breaking Bread With the Dead' Review: Old Books in a New Class
âBreaking Bread With the Deadâ Review: Old Books in a New Class A professor argues that we should engage with the classics, not only in spite of, but even because of, our moral differences with them. Photo: Getty Images Dec. 9, 2020 6:13 pm ET Alan Jacobs reports that, though he has been teaching old books to classrooms full of students for many years, lately when he walks into a classroom âfairly regularly the first thing I see is every head bowed before a glowing screen.â Ever-present screen-based entertainment, a 24-hour news cycle and...
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