Benjamin McEvoy | Answering YOUR Bookish Questions (Hardcore Literature Q&A Show) @BenjaminMcEvoy | Uploaded May 2021 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
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Hardcore Literature Lecture Series
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📔Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3
🚂 Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv
💀 Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5
⚓ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b
☕ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD
⚔️ The Hero’s Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3
🌸 Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi
🎠 Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4
❤️Shakespeare’s Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V
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Happy reading!
0:00 introduction
1:36 what do you think of the recent Guardian article about women conquering fiction?
12:58 how do you handle a reading slump?
16:30 do you think reading should always be a serious activity?
18:12 Is it necessary to read “great works” all the time or is it okay to enjoy feel-good popular literature?
20:31 What defines a great work?
21:15 How can I tell if I’m reading books correctly and not just looking for what I want to hear?
25:00 where should one start to get into the world of serious literature?
26:52 what tips/books would you recommend for a newcomer to Modernist literature?
32:17 please talk about your hero Harold Bloom
36:30 I know you’ve read and enjoyed authors whose maternal language is German (Jung, Nietzsche, Rilke, Freud), but have you ever read Thomas Mann, Heinrich Mann, Goethe, Stefan George, Frisch, Muschg?
38:44 do you have any go-to light reads in between more demanding novels? My palate cleansers are P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie
40:18 do you have any recommendations about speed reading?
41:33 what got you into the works of Nietzsche and Schopenhauer at a young age?
43:00 Do you have recommendations for young people who enjoy discussing philosophy but don’t have friends to do it with?
44:54 should one seek deep understanding on a first reading? Or pace through the book then seek to understand thoroughly on the second reading?
47:13 why don’t you read or review modern books (like Stephen King)? You only talk about classic books
51:28 what are your thoughts on philosophical pessimism?
53:39 are there any “Booktubers” or YouTube channels similar to yours that you watch and recommend?
📚 Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature
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🎙️ open.spotify.com/show/70IZA248yNVkrjqzDNm6Lt (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify)
🏫 hardcore-university.teachable.com (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses)
👕 hardcore-literature.creator-spring.com Hardcore Literature Merch
✍🏼 benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website
————————————
Hardcore Literature Lecture Series
————————————
📔Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3
🚂 Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv
💀 Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5
⚓ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b
☕ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD
⚔️ The Hero’s Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3
🌸 Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi
🎠 Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4
❤️Shakespeare’s Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V
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Happy reading!
0:00 introduction
1:36 what do you think of the recent Guardian article about women conquering fiction?
12:58 how do you handle a reading slump?
16:30 do you think reading should always be a serious activity?
18:12 Is it necessary to read “great works” all the time or is it okay to enjoy feel-good popular literature?
20:31 What defines a great work?
21:15 How can I tell if I’m reading books correctly and not just looking for what I want to hear?
25:00 where should one start to get into the world of serious literature?
26:52 what tips/books would you recommend for a newcomer to Modernist literature?
32:17 please talk about your hero Harold Bloom
36:30 I know you’ve read and enjoyed authors whose maternal language is German (Jung, Nietzsche, Rilke, Freud), but have you ever read Thomas Mann, Heinrich Mann, Goethe, Stefan George, Frisch, Muschg?
38:44 do you have any go-to light reads in between more demanding novels? My palate cleansers are P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie
40:18 do you have any recommendations about speed reading?
41:33 what got you into the works of Nietzsche and Schopenhauer at a young age?
43:00 Do you have recommendations for young people who enjoy discussing philosophy but don’t have friends to do it with?
44:54 should one seek deep understanding on a first reading? Or pace through the book then seek to understand thoroughly on the second reading?
47:13 why don’t you read or review modern books (like Stephen King)? You only talk about classic books
51:28 what are your thoughts on philosophical pessimism?
53:39 are there any “Booktubers” or YouTube channels similar to yours that you watch and recommend?
