"Poet, That’s Just Like You!": Language and the Figure of Echo (Steiner Lecture)

Title

"Poet, That’s Just Like You!": Language and the Figure of Echo (Steiner Lecture)

Description

Video recording of a lecture delivered on February 11, 2022, by Ange Mlinko as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Mlinko is the poetry editor of the Nation, an associate professor at the University of Florida, and a Guggenheim fellow.

Mlinko describes her lecture: "Poetry is an enormous subject, but it can be distilled into a single figure. This figure is Echo, who manifests in three ways: as a prosodic device at the level of the line and stanza; as a poetic form; and as a nymph from Greek mythology, who may stand in for literature itself. We will look at the many ways in which Echo informs poetry and teaches us to read it.”

This lecture is also part of the Steiner Lecture Series, which is made possible by a gift from the Steiner family in memory of Andrew Steiner, an alumnus of the college from 1963. The lecture series was established to bring notable speakers to campus from a variety of disciplines and endeavors, in recognition of Steiner’s intellectual versatility, and for the sake of continued learning.

Creator

Publisher

Coverage

Annapolis, MD

Date

2022-02-11

Rights

A signed permission form has been received stating: "I hereby grant St. John's College permission to: Make an audiovisual recording of my lecture, and retain copies for circulation and archival preservation in the St. John's College Greenfield Library. Make an audiovisual recording of my lecture available online. Make a typescript copy of my lecture available for circulation and archival preservation in the St. John's College Greenfield Library."

Type

moving image

Format

mp4

Contributor

Language

English

Identifier

Mlinko_Ange_2022-02-11acccess

Original Format

mp4

Duration

00:53:22