Conversations With History - Annabel Patterson
submitted by Marvin's Underground Evening Lectures
on 10/06/18
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The Power of Words and the Power over Words Annabel Patterson Sterling Professor Emeritus of English, Yale University Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Annabel Patterson, Professor Emeritus of English, Yale University, for a discussion of her career as a literary scholar. The discussion focuses on the challenges of understanding literature in its historical and social context. Her work on censorship, Shakespeare, and her current research on the use of words in the American political dialogue are some of the topics addressed in the conversation. globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/
