Events
Cosponsor
- Office of the Divisional Deans in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Notes
- Free and open to the public
- No registration necessary
- First come, first seated
New Books in the Arts & Sciences
—panel discussions celebrating recent work by the Columbia Faculty
The Art of Love Poetry
By: Erik Gray
-The first volume to offer an integral theory of love poetry that explores why poetry is consistently associated with romantic love
-Offers close readings of numerous love poems to guide readers to a deeper appreciation of some of the world's most beautiful love lyrics
-Covers topics such as the poetic kiss, the lyric of conjugal love, and the role of animals in love poetry
-All non-English poems are given in, or accompanied by, a translation
Participants
- Author Erik Gray Professor of English and Comparative Literature Columbia University
- Moderator Alan Stewart Professor of English and Comparative Literature Columbia University
- Discussant Susan Stewart Avalon Foundation University Professor in the Humanities: Professor of English Princeton University
- Discussant Stefanie Markovits Professor of English Yale University
- Discussant Kathy Eden Chavkin Family Professor of English Literature and Professor of Classics Columbia University