Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 300-member honor society whose goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, music, and art. Its fixed number membership is elected for lifetime appointments.
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CulturePhilosophyOntologistsEnglish male poetsSocial philosophersFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesPhilosophy writersPhilosophers of historyPhilosophers of culturePhilosophers of scienceEnglish essayistsEnglish male non-fiction writersPhilosophers of lawExistentialistsBritish male essayistsEnglish male dramatists and playwrightsGerman political philosophersAmerican male non-fiction writersModernist theatrePolitical philosophers20th-century English male writers20th-century English poetsAnalytic philosophersAnglican poetsGerman ethicists, German philosophers of educationJewish agnosticsPhilosophers of technology19th-century American poets20th-century German philosophersHeidelberg University alumniPhilosophers of deathPhilosophers of warWomen religious writersAmerican male essayists, American male poetsAmerican political philosophersEnglish LGBTQ poetsEnglish literary criticsExilliteratur writersNaturalized citizens of the United States19th-century American novelists, Novelists from New York (state)19th-century American philosophers20th-century American male writers20th-century English non-fiction writersAlumni of Christ Church, OxfordAmerican autobiographersAmerican lecturersAmerican philosophers of educationAmerican philosophers of religionEnglish emigrants to the United StatesFormalist poetsGerman Ashkenazi JewsGerman agnosticsGerman women philosophersGerman–English translatorsJewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United StatesKnights of the Legion of Honour19th-century American short story writers, Ghost story writers19th-century American women writers, American women poets19th-century American writers20th-century American essayists20th-century American philosophers20th-century American women writers20th-century German non-fiction writers20th-century German women writersAmerican Ashkenazi Jews, American Zionists, American agnostics, German ZionistsAmerican LGBTQ poetsAmerican literary critics, American male dramatists and playwrightsAmerican philosophers of mind, American philosophers of scienceCorresponding fellows of the British AcademyGay academicsGay dramatists and playwrights, Gay poetsGilded AgeIntellectual historians, University of Chicago facultyJewish existentialistsLGBTQ AnglicansOxford Professors of PoetryPrinceton University facultyPsychologists of religionScholars of antisemitismThe New School facultyUniversity of Marburg alumniWilliam James
Auden
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss WH Auden's life and poetry from Europe before WWII, reflecting on his travels to Spain, China and Germany and the rise of totalitarianism.
19 December 2019
Featuring: Mark Ford, Janet Montefiore, Jeremy Noel-Tod
CultureEnglish literary criticsAmerican literary critics, American male dramatists and playwrightsEnglish emigrants to the United StatesAmerican male essayists, American male poets20th-century English non-fiction writersAmerican lecturersMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersOxford Professors of Poetry20th-century English male writersAmerican male non-fiction writersBritish male essayistsEnglish essayistsAlumni of Christ Church, OxfordFormalist poetsEnglish male dramatists and playwrightsEnglish male poetsEnglish LGBTQ poets20th-century American essayistsGay dramatists and playwrights, Gay poets20th-century American male writersAnglican poetsModernist theatreLGBTQ AnglicansAmerican LGBTQ poetsGay academicsNaturalized citizens of the United States20th-century English poetsEnglish male non-fiction writers20th centuryEdith Wharton
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Wharton's novels, which explore the world of the privileged in America's Gilded Age, in which she lived, written in hindsight and with little mercy.
4 October 2018
Featuring: Hermione Lee, Bridget Bennett, Laura Rattray
Culture19th-century American poets20th-century American women writersGerman–English translatorsGilded Age19th-century American women writers, American women poetsKnights of the Legion of Honour19th-century American novelists, Novelists from New York (state)19th-century American short story writers, Ghost story writersMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersAmerican autobiographers19th century20th centuryAmericaHannah Arendt
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Hannah Arendt who examined totalitarianism and politics and, when covering the Eichmann trial, explored 'the banality of evil'.
2 February 2017
Featuring: Lyndsey Stonebridge, Frisbee Sheffield, Robert Eaglestone
PhilosophyScholars of antisemitismAmerican philosophers of educationThe New School facultyPhilosophers of cultureExilliteratur writersMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersPrinceton University facultyGerman women philosophersGerman agnostics20th-century German women writers20th-century German non-fiction writersJewish existentialistsGerman Ashkenazi JewsAmerican political philosophersPhilosophy writers20th-century American essayistsGerman political philosophersPhilosophers of lawPolitical philosophersJewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United StatesPhilosophers of technologyGerman ethicists, German philosophers of educationAmerican Ashkenazi Jews, American Zionists, American agnostics, German ZionistsFellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences20th-century German philosophersPhilosophers of sciencePhilosophers of history20th-century American women writersHeidelberg University alumni20th-century American philosophersJewish agnosticsUniversity of Marburg alumniSocial philosophersWomen religious writersIntellectual historians, University of Chicago facultyExistentialists20th centuryAmericaGermanyWilliam James's The Varieties of Religious Experience
Melvyn Bragg and guests Jonathan Ree, John Haldane and Gwen Griffith-Dickson discuss The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James.
13 May 2010
Featuring: Jonathan Rée, John Haldane, Gwen Griffith-Dickson
Philosophy19th-century American philosophersCorresponding fellows of the British AcademyAnalytic philosophersMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersWilliam JamesPsychologists of religionAmerican philosophers of religion20th-century American philosophersPhilosophers of deathAmerican philosophers of mind, American philosophers of sciencePhilosophers of war19th-century American writersExistentialistsOntologistsPhilosophers of history19th century20th centuryAmericaPsychology