Spender Speaks

Stephen Spender discussed "The Outer and Inner Worlds of Goethe" at Sanders Theater last night in the third lecture of the current Goethe Bicentennial Celebration series.

The English post called Goethe "the last of the worldly poets" who sought to achieve universality. Spender emphasized the German poet-scientist's success at avoiding the rising tide of subjectivism which has since engulfed modern poetry by involving himself in activities of the outer world.