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Cynthia L. Haven on René Girard, Czeslaw Milosz, and Joseph Brodsky

Conversations with Tyler

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How Did Milose's Theory of Intellectuals Explain American Intellectuals?

I think there's a great deal of conformity in our culture as well. Why did Milose translate parts of the Bible? I think because he wanted to make it more part of himself. He was going through an enormous amount of suffering at that point in his life too, with his wife dying, with his son going mad. Nobody wanted to stick their heads out. And people wanted to hold them at a distance.

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