From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Stephen greenblatt is a literary critic and shakespeare scholar who teaches at harvard. His biography will and the wor ld topped the new yorks best New York Times bestseller list. He speaks about the french essayist michel the montaigne. Pleased to meet you. Why did you write this . Booke central part of this is an addition of a particular translation of montaigne that lets you look over shakespeares shoulder as he was reading. The greatest french writer and the greatest English Writer of the renaissance encountered each other. Shakespeare read montaigne. Montaignepositive never heard of shakespeare. This is a magical, wonderful translation, and a wonderful opportunity that a colleague of mine, peter platt, and i sought to put together, these essays that were central to shakespeare, these translations of montaignes essays. Florio was an interesting character, the son of protestants. Began his life as an italian franciscan, but he
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Stephen greenblatt is a literary critic and shakespeare scholar who teaches at harvard. His biography will and the world topped the New York Times bestseller list. He speaks about the french essayist michel de montaigne. I am pleased to meet you. Why did you write this . The central part of this book is an edition of a particular translation of montaigne that lets you look over shakespeares shoulder as he was reading. The greatest french writer and the greatest English Writer of the renaissance encountered each other. Shakespeare read montaigne. We can be positive montaigne never heard of shakespeare. This is a magical, wonderful translation, and a wonderful opportunity that a colleague of mine, peter platt, and i sought to put together, these essays that were central to shakespeare, these translations of montaignes essays. John florio was an interesting character, the son of protestants. Began his life as an italian franciscan,
That this is a racist argument. It doesnt mean you can make any racist deductions from that. The idea of racism is one race is superior to another. Rose we conclude with a look at the life and work of the Pulitzer Prizewinning film critic, roger ebert. Theres a new documentary called life itself. The director, stephen james, a. O. Scott, joins us to talk about his fellow critic, and also rogers widow, chaz ebert. He was a man who wanted to engender those feelings of empathy for other people. I mean, i think its wonderful for someone who has the curiosity to know to know get into your head and see what its like to be a person of a different race, of a different age, a different nationality, a different gender. Un, thats a person who has the kind of curiosity that makes this world a better place. He took movies to be an ethical and a democratic art form. That is, that they had a responsibility. If they have that power to take you into other peoples lives and to make you feel what other p
That this is a racist argument. It doesnt mean you can make any racist deductions from that. The idea of racism is one race is superior to another. Rose we conclude with a look at the life and work of the Pulitzer Prizewinning film critic, roger ebert. Theres a new documentary called life itself. The director, stephen james, a. O. Scott, joins us to talk about his fellow critic, and also rogers widow, chaz ebert. He was a man who wanted to engender those feelings of empathy for other people. I mean, i think its wonderful for someone who has the curiosity to know to know get into your head and see what its like to be a person of a different race, of a different age, a different nationality, a different gender. Un, thats a person who has the kind of curiosity that makes this world a better place. He took movies to be an ethical and a democratic art form. That is, that they had a responsibility. If they have that power to take you into other peoples lives and to make you feel what other p
It doesnt mean you can make any racist deductions from that. The idea of racism is one race is superior to another. Rose we conclude with a look at the life and work of the Pulitzer Prizewinning film critic, roger ebert. Theres a new documentary called life itself. The director, stephen james, a. O. Scott, joins us to talk about his fellow critic, and also rogers widow, chaz ebert. He was a man who wanted to engender those feelings of empathy for other people. I mean, i think its wonderful for someone who has the curiosity to know to know get into your head and see what its like to be a person of a different race, of a different age, a different nationality, a different gender. Un, thats a person who has the kind of curiosity that makes this world a better place. He took movies to be an ethical and a democratic art form. That is, that they had a responsibility. If they have that power to take you into other peoples lives and to make you feel what other people are feeling and to make yo