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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... Spender remembered walking through the streets of Salzburg on an August evening in 1931 , together with Isaiah , when he saw a boy he fancied and went off with him . " Isaiah was not especially shocked , though Spender himself looked ...
... Spender remembered walking through the streets of Salzburg on an August evening in 1931 , together with Isaiah , when he saw a boy he fancied and went off with him . " Isaiah was not especially shocked , though Spender himself looked ...
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... Spender's engagement with his times , and felt there was a Russian kind of seriousness in Spender's sense of political commitment . Spender's lifelong friend and rival , Wystan Auden , treated Spender like a schoolmaster ; Berlin ...
... Spender's engagement with his times , and felt there was a Russian kind of seriousness in Spender's sense of political commitment . Spender's lifelong friend and rival , Wystan Auden , treated Spender like a schoolmaster ; Berlin ...
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... Spender to IB , undated , from Berlin . 14 Stephen Spender , World Within World ( London , 1951 ) , 70 . 15 MI IV Spender , 9.89 16 Spender to IB , undated , 1932 . 17 Spender , World Within World , 71-2 ; M.P. Steinberg , The Meaning ...
... Spender to IB , undated , from Berlin . 14 Stephen Spender , World Within World ( London , 1951 ) , 70 . 15 MI IV Spender , 9.89 16 Spender to IB , undated , 1932 . 17 Spender , World Within World , 71-2 ; M.P. Steinberg , The Meaning ...
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