Page-turners
>>Among Chicago's most popular courses are those that focus on a single text-close readings designed to open worlds of meaning. This fall, the Magazine sat in on six such classes, each devoted to a classic work:

Starting Point
Leon Kass begins at the beginning of Genesis.

Found in the Translations
Paul Friedrich shows how writers through the ages have interpreted Homer's Odyssey.

The Soul of the Republic
Jonathan Lear sees Plato in a different light.

Travels with a Satirist
Ned Rosenheim offers signposts to Gulliver’s Travels.

Ocean Reveries
Mark Strand finds the poetry in Moby-Dick.

The Genius of the Everyday
Edward Wasiolek describes the heart of War and Peace.