Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature)

A conversation with Professor Thomas Harrison on the topic of his new book: Of Bridges: A Poetic and Philosophical Account (University of Chicago Press, 2021).  Thomas Harrison is Professor of Italian at UCLA. Outro song: “Bold As Love” by Jimi Hendrix

A conversation with Professor Mark C. Taylor on the topic of his new book: Intervolution – Smart Bodies, Smart Things (Columbia University Press, 2020). Mark C. Taylor is Professor of Religion at Columbia University and the Cluett Professor of Humanities emeritus at Williams College. Outro song: “Soliloquio” by Alusa Fallax

A conversation with Professor Christy Wampole on the topic of her new book: Degenerative Realism: Novel and Nation in Twenty-First-Century France (Columbia University Press, 2020).  Christy Wampole is Associate Professor of French at Princeton University. Outro song: “Coeur Bizarre” by La Féline

A brief monologue by Robert Harrison on Marcel Proust for the 150th anniversary of his birth on July 10, 1871. Outro song: “She's Not There” by The Zombies

A monologue by Robert Harrison.

Songs featured in this episode: “We Used To Know” by Jethro Tull” “We’re Going Wrong” by Cream “Handful of Hair” by Alex Rex “Annabel Lee” by Glass Wave

Before Entitled Opinions goes on hiatus, Robert Harrison wanted to share a few brief thoughts with you on time, death, and cosmos.

In this monologue professor Robert Harrison talks about human solarity in its various aspects. Music included in this show: La Nuit du Rat–Le Féline Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun–Pink Floyd Gimme Shelter–The Rolling Stones

In this recently recorded monologue, professor Robert Harrison discusses the sixteenth century Italian poem l'Orlando Furioso. Additionally, professor Harrison calls into question the anticipant revelatory power of literary works that belong to the past.

This week we offer a recording of a talk that was originally given by professor Robert Harrison in 2014, for the Stanford lecture series “Memory and the Arts”. Topics of discussion include: cultural memory, the enigma of beginnings, and special reference to Dylan Thomas' play “Under Milk Wood”.