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Teaching, Delighting, and Doing the Right Thing: On Literature
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Ted Steinberg, Distinguished Teaching Professor at SUNY Fredonia, echoing Philip Sidney's proclamation that the role of poetry is "to teach and to delight," shares his thoughts regarding the moral dimension that he feels is inherent to the proper study of literature.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Theodore (Ted) Steinberg.
This excerpt is in English.
Theodore (Ted) Steinberg was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1947.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.