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He wrote extensively about the relationship between language, literature and society, and the impact of the holocaust. Francis george steiner, 1 fba born april 23, 1929 2 is a frenchborn 3 american literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist, and educator. After babel, by george steiner david stern, commentary magazine. In his classic work, literary critic and scholar george steiner tackles what he considers the babel problem. The first book of criticism from the acclaimed author of after babela provocative and probing look at russian literatures most influential writers the new york times. Mar 17, 2001 after harvard, steiner went as a rhodes scholar to balliol college, oxford. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book.
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