Discovering How Literature and Art Place Demands on Us
<p>From reading <em>Crime and Punishment</em> as a high school senior and the Depression-era masterpieces <em>Absalom, Absolom!</em> and <em>Let Us Now Praise Famous Men</em> in college, Gil Greggs describes a personal journey of discovery about the ways literature connects readers to the real world.</p>
<p>Later, he describes how the portraits painted by Rembrandt and photographs taken by Richard Avedon help us notice and better appreciate the humanity of the people around us and to perceive hints of their inner lives.</p>
Dr. Gil Greggs, Director of Academic Programs, St. David’s School, Raleigh NC
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Transformative Literature
David Denby discusses works of literature that influenced his thinking as a child and as a teenager. Looking back, these books transformed the reader that he is today.
A Tale of Two Cities and Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain; Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dovstoyevsky
David Denby, author, journalist, film critic
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