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...Much of Steiner's work deals with the use of language, and during his career he has made important contributions to fields beyond his specialty of literature, ranging from religion to history to philosophy. His work often addresses questions of culture aesthetics, literature and society...
Born in Paris in 1929, Steiner emigrated to the United States with his family in 1940. Steiner, who went on to earn degrees from the University of Chicago, where he received his B.A. in 1948, Harvard University (M.A. 1950) and Oxford University (Ph.D. 1955), is currently an Extraordinary Fellow of Churchill College at the University of Cambridge...
...Norton Professor, Steiner will deliver six lectures this fall, dealing with many of the same concerns about meaning and language that his body of work reflects...
...whole life I have tried to work at the borderline of literature and philosophy, where they touch," Steiner said. "It's a question of language, really...
...Steiner will have the chance to meet with his Harvard hosts later this spring, when he comes to Boston to deliver a lecture at the Boston Public Library on May 5. He is also publishing a new book this April, entitled Grammars of Creation, to be published by Yale University Press...