Robert Pogue Harrison

Robert Pogue Harrison is an American literary scholar, cultural critic, and public intellectual. He is Professor Emeritus of French and Italian and Rosina Pierotti Professor Emeritus of Italian Literature at Stanford University. Harrison is known for his studies on Dante, and medieval Italian poetry as well as for his broader philosophical and cultural reflections on nature, mortality, and the human condition. He is also the creator and host of the long-running literary podcast Entitled Opinions .