Lecture by Prof. Michael Eskin (Columbia University) Co-sponsered by Slavic Languages and Literatures and German Studies This lecture explores the significance of literature for life through the prism of Durs Gruenbein's dialogue with Ren'e Descartes and Aleksandr S. Pushkin. Reading suggestions: Gruenbein, "Vom Schnee oder Descartes in Deutschland [On Snow, or Descartes in Germany]" (2003) and Pushkin, "Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse" (1833). For excerpts from Gruenbein's work, click on the link below.

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