Humanities Moments

Discovering How Literature and Art Place Demands on Us

Contributed by Dr. Gil Greggs, Director of Academic Programs, St. David’s School, Raleigh NC
Jackie O. and John F. Kennedy engagement photo by Richard Avedon

From reading Crime and Punishment as a high school senior and the Depression-era masterpieces Absalom, Absolom! and Let Us Now Praise Famous Men in college, Gil Greggs describes a personal journey of discovery about the ways literature connects readers to the real world.

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.

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Discovering How Literature and Art Place Demands on Us

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From reading Crime and Punishment as a high school senior and the Depression-era masterpieces Absalom, Absolom! and Let Us Now Praise Famous Men in college, Gil Greggs describes a personal journey of discovery about the ways literature connects readers to the real world.

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.

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Dr. Gil Greggs, Director of Academic Programs, St. David’s School, Raleigh NC

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