Art
Frank Kermode (1986-1987)
Jan 20, 1987
“Are We Moderns or Post-Moderns? The Present State of the Arts” Frank Kermode was an eminent literary critic and King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at Cambridge. At the time of his talk, he had written and edited 25 books of literary criticism, including books [...]
Czeslaw Milosz (1985-1986)
Nov 07, 1985
“The Artist and Human Dignity” Czeslaw Milosz was a Nobel Prize-winning Polish poet. He was born in Lithuania in 1911, and lived in both Nazi and Stalinist Poland. During the Second World War, he wrote and edited resistance publications. After the war, he moved first to [...]