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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CulturePhilosophyOntologistsSocial philosophersPhilosophy writersFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesPhilosophers of historyEnglish male poetsPhilosophers of culturePhilosophers of scienceEnglish essayistsEnglish male non-fiction writersPhilosophers of lawBritish male essayistsExistentialistsGerman political philosophersAmerican male non-fiction writersEnglish male dramatists and playwrightsModernist theatrePolitical philosophersAnalytic philosophersGerman philosophers of education, German ethicistsJewish agnosticsPhilosophers of technology19th-century American poets20th-century English male writers20th-century English poets20th-century German philosophersAnglican poetsPhilosophers of deathPhilosophers of warWomen religious writersAmerican male essayists, American male poetsAmerican political philosophersHeidelberg University alumniNaturalized citizens of the United States19th-century American philosophers20th-century American male writersAlumni of Christ Church, OxfordAmerican autobiographersAmerican lecturersAmerican philosophers of educationAmerican philosophers of religionEnglish LGBTQ poetsEnglish emigrants to the United StatesEnglish literary criticsExilliteratur writersFormalist poetsGerman Ashkenazi JewsGerman agnosticsGerman women philosophersGerman–English translatorsJewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United StatesKnights of the Legion of HonourNovelists from New York (state), 19th-century American novelists19th-century American women writers, American women poets19th-century American writers20th-century American essayists20th-century American philosophers20th-century American women writers20th-century English non-fiction writers20th-century German non-fiction writers20th-century German women writersAmerican LGBTQ poetsAmerican male dramatists and playwrights, American literary criticsAmerican philosophers of science, American philosophers of mindCorresponding fellows of the British AcademyGay academicsGay poets, Gay dramatists and playwrightsGerman Zionists, American Ashkenazi Jews, American agnostics, American ZionistsGhost story writers, 19th-century American short story writersJewish existentialistsLGBTQ AnglicansPrinceton University facultyPsychologists of religionScholars of antisemitismThe New School facultyUniversity of Chicago faculty, Intellectual historiansUniversity 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 male poetsEnglish essayistsEnglish male non-fiction writersBritish male essayistsModernist theatreAmerican male non-fiction writersEnglish male dramatists and playwrights20th-century English poetsAnglican poets20th-century English male writersNaturalized citizens of the United StatesMembers of the American Academy of Arts and Letters20th-century American male writersEnglish LGBTQ poetsAlumni of Christ Church, OxfordEnglish emigrants to the United StatesEnglish literary criticsFormalist poetsAmerican lecturersAmerican LGBTQ poetsGay academics20th-century American essayists20th-century English non-fiction writersLGBTQ AnglicansAmerican male essayists, American male poetsAmerican male dramatists and playwrights, American literary criticsGay poets, Gay dramatists and playwrightsEdith 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 poetsMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersGerman–English translatorsKnights of the Legion of HonourAmerican autobiographers20th-century American women writersNovelists from New York (state), 19th-century American novelistsGhost story writers, 19th-century American short story writers19th-century American women writers, American women poetsHannah 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
PhilosophySocial philosophersPhilosophy writersFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesPhilosophers of historyPhilosophers of culturePhilosophers of sciencePhilosophers of lawGerman political philosophersExistentialistsPolitical philosophersJewish agnosticsPhilosophers of technologyWomen religious writers20th-century German philosophersHeidelberg University alumniMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersAmerican political philosophersExilliteratur writersGerman agnosticsGerman Ashkenazi JewsJewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United StatesGerman women philosophersAmerican philosophers of educationPrinceton University faculty20th-century American essayists20th-century American women writers20th-century German women writers20th-century American philosophers20th-century German non-fiction writersJewish existentialistsThe New School facultyScholars of antisemitismUniversity of Marburg alumniGerman philosophers of education, German ethicistsGerman Zionists, American Ashkenazi Jews, American agnostics, American ZionistsUniversity of Chicago faculty, Intellectual historiansWilliam 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
PhilosophyOntologistsPhilosophers of historyExistentialistsAnalytic philosophersPhilosophers of deathPhilosophers of warMembers of the American Academy of Arts and Letters19th-century American philosophersAmerican philosophers of religion20th-century American philosophers19th-century American writersCorresponding fellows of the British AcademyWilliam JamesPsychologists of religionAmerican philosophers of science, American philosophers of mind