In this episode of Houghton75, we speak with James Engell, Gurney Professor of English and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard, about Charles Eliot Norton and the expression of anti-war sentiment on the university campus.
Find out more about the exhibition and Houghton Library’s 75th anniversary celebrations at http://houghton75.org/hist-75h
Transcript and detailed music notes: http://wp.me/p7SlKy-nJ
Music
Matthew Aucoin (‘12), piano and Keir GoGwilt (‘13), violin
Quatuor pour la fin du temps VIII. Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus
From “Seamus Heaney: A Memorial Celebration (Nov 7, 2013)”
http://hcl.harvard.edu/poetryroom/listeningbooth/
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