Harvey Gross, Diane Leonard, Steven Marcus, and James Olney discuss the importance of social, artistic, and political criticism to the rise of modernism in the twentieth century.
At the time of this interview, Gross, a Fellow at the National Humanities Center (1981-82), was professor of comparative literature at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Leonard was professor of comparative literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Marcus, a Fellow at the Center (1981-82) and trustee of the Center, was professor of English at Columbia University. Olney, a Fellow at the Center (1980-81), was professor of English at North Carolina Central University.
This edition of Soundings was conducted by Wayne J. Pond.
