Celebrating Recent Work by Erik Gray
New Books in the Arts & Sciences
Celebrating Recent Work by Erik Gray
Thursday, March 8, 2018 6:15pm The Heyman Center, Second Floor Common Room
Registration
Free and open to the public
No registration necessary
First come, first seated
Sponsors
Heyman Center for the Humanities
Society of Fellows in the Humanities
Office of the Divisional Deans in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences
New Books in the Arts & Sciences
—panel discussions celebrating recent work by the Columbia Faculty
The Art of Love Poetry
By: Erik Gray
-The first volume to offer an integral theory of love poetry that explores why poetry is consistently associated with romantic love
-Offers close readings of numerous love poems to guide readers to a deeper appreciation of some of the world's most beautiful love lyrics
-Covers topics such as the poetic kiss, the lyric of conjugal love, and the role of animals in love poetry
-All non-English poems are given in, or accompanied by, a translation