94-03-29 Noted American Literature Critic Richard Poirier to Speak at U.Va. April 6 and 7

NOTED AMERICAN LITERATURE CRITIC RICHARD POIRIER
TO SPEAK AT U.VA. APRIL 6 AND 7

     CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 29 -- Richard Poirier, considered
by many to be the most distinguished critic of American literature
now writing, will give the 1994 Peters Rushton Lectures at the
University of Virginia April 6 and 7.
     Poirier, professor of English at Rutgers University and
founder and editor-in-chief of Raritan Quarterly, will speak at 8
p.m. in Room 153 Campbell Hall both nights.  The English department
lectures are free and open to the public.
     In the lectures Poirier will develop the view that there is an
essential quality that distinguishes literature from other forms of
writing.  His April 6 talk is titled "Writing for God and Mammon." 
His April 7 lecture is titled "Making a Gap in Nature:  Cleopatra
and Gertrude Stein."
     Poirier, who is chairman of the board of the Library of
America, is the author, among other books of "A World Elsewhere,"
"Robert Frost:  The Work of Knowing," "The Performing Self," "The
Renewal of Literature," and "Poetry and Pragmatism."
     For information call the U.Va. English department at (804)
924-7105.
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                                                   March 28, 1994

[Submitted by: Karen A. Castle  (kac@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu)
               Tue, 29 Mar 94 09:58:48 EST]