Isaiah Berlin: A LifeIsaiah Berlin refused to write an autobiography, but he agreed to talk about himself - and so for 10 years, before's Berlin's death in November 1997, he allowed Michael Ignatieff to interview him about his past, his ideas, his most intimate memories, and his inner conflicts. |
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... poet Osip Mandelstam , then under suspicion for having recited a savage poem attacking ' the Kremlin Mountaineer ... poet , a master ? Pasternak replied that this was not the issue - meaning that poets should be treated decently whatever ...
... poet Osip Mandelstam , then under suspicion for having recited a savage poem attacking ' the Kremlin Mountaineer ... poet , a master ? Pasternak replied that this was not the issue - meaning that poets should be treated decently whatever ...
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... poet of his native language talking to him as if he had always belonged to her circle , as if he knew everyone she knew , had read everything that she had read , understood what she said and what she meant . In reality , of course ...
... poet of his native language talking to him as if he had always belonged to her circle , as if he knew everyone she knew , had read everything that she had read , understood what she said and what she meant . In reality , of course ...
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... poet's opinions began to emerge . In 1950 Emmanuel Litvinoff , a Jewish poet and man of letters , read to a London audience , which included Eliot and Stephen Spender , a poem entitled ' To T.S. Eliot ' , which took the poet to task for ...
... poet's opinions began to emerge . In 1950 Emmanuel Litvinoff , a Jewish poet and man of letters , read to a London audience , which included Eliot and Stephen Spender , a poem entitled ' To T.S. Eliot ' , which took the poet to task for ...
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