George Steiner

George Steiner

Died: February 3, 2020, Cambridge, United Kingdom Website Facebook X/Twitter

Francis George Steiner, was a literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist, and educator. He wrote extensively about the relationship between language, literature and society.

12 posts

Boo Ya!

by Christine de Pizan and others in Figures of Speech

This graduated role reversal of humility is an act worth thinking about. Revolutions take place despite our preoccupation with initiation. As the world turns, 'living' is perpetual, limited to our species in a language only.

Power is synonymous with Struggle

by Thomas Hobbes and others in Figures of Speech

The fractal reality of the untranslatable is an ignorance worth talking about. The preamble of Whitman is heard loud and clear above and beyond the canopy of creatives around the world with echos far into the future. Is this an everlasting voice of sorts worthy of mimesis?

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