Richard Levin talks about literary criticism, including his observations on the New Criticism and Deconstructionism in the mid-1980s. He also focuses on new perspectives on the work of William Shakespeare.
In the second segment [14:20], Robert Crunden discusses literary modernism, as illustrated especially in the work of Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot.
At the time of this interview, Levin, a Fellow at the National Humanities Center (1987-88), was professor of English at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Crunden was professor of history and American studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
This edition of Soundings was conducted by Wayne J. Pond.
