By on November 7, 2019 - 3:21pm
John Galsworthy (1867-1933), recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for literature, was one of the best-selling authors of the twentieth century. While his name has become synonymous with The Forsyte Saga, the epic sequence of novels and “interludes” about the upper-middle-class Forsyte family, his literary reputation belies his humanitarianism during the Great War supporting British and American soldiers disabled in combat.
This lecture will address the personal and ethical circumstances which motivated Galsworthy to take up what he called “the sacred work,” and the relevance of this history to scholarly and popular dialogue about the immediate and future care of soldiers disabled in war.
Co-sponsored with the Weill Cornell Division of Medical Ethics, this lecture is free and open to the public! Registration is not required.
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