This piece is unfortunately almost content-free. Did his course really cover all those books? Did students actually read them? It seems to me that this reading

This piece is unfortunately almost content-free. Did his course really cover all those books? Did students actually read them? It seems to me that this reading list goes way overboard and is more about checking off all the greatest works. A single semester barely provides enough time to give the typical Cliff notes coverage of all these works, let alone an in-depth treatment. Color me unimpressed (although I would like to be proven wrong given more details).