Benjamin McEvoy๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ https://hardcore-university.teachable... (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 how to read Gravityโs Rainbow 1:00 great books are inexhaustible 1:40 why read Gravityโs Rainbow? 2:30 Pynchonโs postmodern masterpiece 3:56 reading Pynchon as a community 4:44 the difficulty of Gravityโs Rainbow 7:56 Pynchonโs encyclopaedic novel 8:32 the story of Gravityโs Rainbow 8:50 the V2 vs V1 rockets in WWII 10:00 life during the London Blitz 12:44 gallows humours in times of war 13:25 on fear of death in WWII 15:00 atomic fear and Cold War anxieties 16:33 first epigraph for Gravityโs Rainbow 17:13 who was Werner Von Braun? 19:20 paranoia in novel form 21:27 reader relationship with Pynchon 22:25 characters in Gravityโs Rainbow 23:00 the character of Tyrone Slothrop 24:00 central plot line for Gravityโs Rainbow 25:00 the Pulitzerโs reaction to Pynchon 25:45 experiments in classical conditioning 28:15 reversal of cause and effect 30:00 meaning of Gravityโs Rainbowโs title 30:37 the quest of Tyrone Slothrop 32:00 repression and religious allegory 33:19 the line between life and death 34:27 how we deny our mortality 35:00 Time Magazineโs review of the book 36:30 attaining freedom through play 37:55 why did Pynchon write this book? 38:48 humour in Gravityโs Rainbow 40:00 Pynchon works on the unconscious 40:30 literature as coping mechanism 41:00 the rocket threatening all of us 42:35 the reputation of Gravityโs Rainbow 43:22 James Joyce and Thomas Pynchon 44:10 Thomas Pynchonโs cult following 44:33 Pynchon as โreclusiveโ writer 45:10 Gravityโs Rainbow first published 46:00 why is Gravityโs Rainbow difficult? 46:50 modernism vs postmodernism 48:40 collapsing high and low culture 49:20 pastiche, parody, and irony 50:15 two kinds of Pynchon reader 50:45 metafiction in postmodernism 51:40 strange loops and paradoxes 53:10 companion to Gravityโs Rainbow 53:50 dealing with Pynchonโs allusions 54:10 reading Pynchon with a community 54:52 active reading and marginalia 55:30 confusion is preface to understanding 57:00 proposed pacing for Gravityโs Rainbow 58:15 some words of encouragement 1:00:00 your relationship with this book?
How to Read Gravitys Rainbow by Thomas PynchonBenjamin McEvoy2023-11-18 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ https://hardcore-university.teachable... (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 how to read Gravityโs Rainbow 1:00 great books are inexhaustible 1:40 why read Gravityโs Rainbow? 2:30 Pynchonโs postmodern masterpiece 3:56 reading Pynchon as a community 4:44 the difficulty of Gravityโs Rainbow 7:56 Pynchonโs encyclopaedic novel 8:32 the story of Gravityโs Rainbow 8:50 the V2 vs V1 rockets in WWII 10:00 life during the London Blitz 12:44 gallows humours in times of war 13:25 on fear of death in WWII 15:00 atomic fear and Cold War anxieties 16:33 first epigraph for Gravityโs Rainbow 17:13 who was Werner Von Braun? 19:20 paranoia in novel form 21:27 reader relationship with Pynchon 22:25 characters in Gravityโs Rainbow 23:00 the character of Tyrone Slothrop 24:00 central plot line for Gravityโs Rainbow 25:00 the Pulitzerโs reaction to Pynchon 25:45 experiments in classical conditioning 28:15 reversal of cause and effect 30:00 meaning of Gravityโs Rainbowโs title 30:37 the quest of Tyrone Slothrop 32:00 repression and religious allegory 33:19 the line between life and death 34:27 how we deny our mortality 35:00 Time Magazineโs review of the book 36:30 attaining freedom through play 37:55 why did Pynchon write this book? 38:48 humour in Gravityโs Rainbow 40:00 Pynchon works on the unconscious 40:30 literature as coping mechanism 41:00 the rocket threatening all of us 42:35 the reputation of Gravityโs Rainbow 43:22 James Joyce and Thomas Pynchon 44:10 Thomas Pynchonโs cult following 44:33 Pynchon as โreclusiveโ writer 45:10 Gravityโs Rainbow first published 46:00 why is Gravityโs Rainbow difficult? 46:50 modernism vs postmodernism 48:40 collapsing high and low culture 49:20 pastiche, parody, and irony 50:15 two kinds of Pynchon reader 50:45 metafiction in postmodernism 51:40 strange loops and paradoxes 53:10 companion to Gravityโs Rainbow 53:50 dealing with Pynchonโs allusions 54:10 reading Pynchon with a community 54:52 active reading and marginalia 55:30 confusion is preface to understanding 57:00 proposed pacing for Gravityโs Rainbow 58:15 some words of encouragement 1:00:00 your relationship with this book?How to Read Dantes InfernoBenjamin McEvoy2024-09-15 | ๐ Read the Great Books with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ Book Club Discussion: patreon.com/posts/who-is-greatest-101291574 Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 abandon all hope ye who enter here 0:30 why should you read Danteโs Inferno? 1:30 the Supreme Poet of Italian Literature 2:30 how to read Danteโs Inferno 3:00 is Dante Alighieri a difficult poet? 4:00 Divine Comedy as grand allegory 5:30 youโre already a master of symbolism 6:00 the beginning of Danteโs Inferno 7:00 โmidway in the journey of our lifeโ 8:00 experiencing midlife spiritual crisis 9:30 โI came to myself in a dark woodโ 10:00 going through hell to get to heaven 11:00 looking your dark side in the face 12:00 when is Danteโs Inferno set? 12:30 Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso 13:00 why is it called The Divine Comedy? 13:30 what does descending into hell mean? 14:00 recognition, renunciation, reward 14:30 journalling, note-making, rereading 15:00 do you have to read Dante religiously? 15:30 heaven, hell, purgatory as states of mind 17:30 Dante the Pilgrim vs Dante the Poet 18:30 symbolism of leopard, lion, she-wolf 19:30 the influence of Virgilโs Aeneid 20:00 epics of Homer, Virgil, Dante, Milion 21:00 Italian vernacular vs Classical Latin 21:30 Virgil as guide in Danteโs Inferno 22:30 Danteโs Beatrice as Divine Love 24:00 analysing the architecture of hell 24:30 understanding the law of contrapasso 25:00 exploring the nine circles of hell 25:30 virtuous pagans in Limbo/circle one 26:40 lustful sinners in the second circle 28:00 gluttonous sinners in the third circle 29:00 greedy sinners in the fourth circle 30:30 wrathful sinners in the fifth circle 31:30 heretic sinners in the sixth circle 32:00 what are the cantos in Danteโs Inferno? 34:00 violent sinners in the seventh circle 35:00 fraudster sinners in the eight circle 36:00 traitor sinners in the ninth circle 38:00 cosmology of Danteโs universe 38:50 nine spheres of Danteโs paradise 39:00 welcome to the darkest depths of hell 39:30 Danteโs Satan vs Miltonโs Satan 40:20 themes to note for beginning readers 41:00 theme of sinfulness in Danteโs Inferno 41:30 why was Dante exiled from Florence? 42:00 Guelphs vs Ghibellines in medieval Italy 43:00 political persecution of Dante Alighieri 43:30 what sins was Dante was guilty of? 44:00 difference between hell & purgatory 45:00 beautiful message at heart of Christianity 46:00 what are the seven deadly sins? 47:00 how to overcome your personal vices 49:00 multiple meanings & inexhaustibility 50:00 architectonics & back-illumination 51:30 what is the best translation of Dante? 53:00 terza rima of Danteโs Divine Comedy 54:00 Italian rhyming vs English rhyming 54:30 translators as puritans vs cavaliers 56:00 how to choose the right translation 57:30 John Ciardiโs translation of Dante 1:00:00 translation comparison exercise 1:01:40 Hollander translation of Dante 1:03:40 Mark Musa translation of Dante 1:05:20 Mandelbaum translation of Dante 1:07:15 Clive James translation of Dante 1:10:00 Danteโs Inferno book club lecturesHow to Read Song of Solomon by Toni MorrisonBenjamin McEvoy2024-09-08 | ๐ Read the Great Books with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ Book Club Discussion: patreon.com/posts/who-is-greatest-101291574 Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 why read Song of Solomon? 2:00 Toni Morrisonโs cultural tapestry 2:50 why Morrison won the Nobel Prize 3:20 Toni Morrison in Oprahโs Bookclub 4:30 Song of Solomon lecture series 5:00 how to read Song of Solomon 5:30 this novel is a lyrical soap opera 6:30 welcome to the Southern Gothic 7:00 origins and markers of the gothic 9:00 the Southern Gothic difference 10:30 the Faulknerian in Toni Morrison 11:00 OโConnor, McCullers, Williams 12:30 Beloved vs Song of Solomon 13:00 characters in the Southern Gothic 14:00 when is Morrisonโs novel set? 14:30 Harlem Renaissance influence 15:00 Civil Rights history of the US 16:30 Toni Morrisonโs magical realism 17:20 what is magical realism? 20:30 the influence of slave narratives 22:00 Toni Morrison vs Ralph Ellison 23:00 movement in Song of Solomon 24:30 Toni Morrison on slave narratives 25:30 the mythology of Flying Africans 27:30 metaphor/allegory vs literal belief 28:30 motif of flight in Song of Solomon 29:30 mythological origin at Igbo Landing 31:30 Toni Morrison on mythโs reality 33:00 on the names in Song of Solomon 34:00 names have the power to tell stories 36:00 on language influencing thought 36:30 read this novel for the characters 37:30 the characters in Song of Solomon 38:30 choosing names from the Bible 39:00 biblical allusion in the novelโs title 39:30 meaning of Milkman Deadโs name 40:20 reading some exquisite passages 43:30 how to break into Song of Solomon 44:30 the character of Pilate in the novel 45:30 the novelโs discourses on social justice 46:00 readers finding a kindred spirit 47:00 โwhen will you stop writing about race?โ 50:00 Morrison on Shakespeare and critics 51:00 is Toni Morrison a feminist writer? 52:30 โI donโt subscribe to patriarchyโ 53:00 Toni Morrisonโs intersectionality 54:00 is Toni Morrison a marxist writer? 55:00 Morrison on writing Black Literature 57:00 the social value of great literature 58:00 the conversation of canon revision 59:00 should art have a social message? 1:00:00 Morrisonโs readership as village 1:01:00 Toni Morrisonโs political aim 1:02:00 appreciating her beautiful foreword 1:04:00 make your reading joyfully communal 1:05:00 Hardcore Literature book club lectures 1:06:00 thank you and happy readingThe 50 Greatest Modern Novels According to Time Magazine - ReactionBenjamin McEvoy2024-08-17 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ https://hardcore-university.teachable... (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 50 greatest modern novels list 2:30 what made the top 100? 7:00 novels 50-45 12:50 novels 44-40 20:00 novels 40-35 28:10 novels 34-30 33:30 novels 29-25 41:00 novels 24-20 46:00 novels 19-15 52:20 novels 14-10 59:20 novels 9-5 1:06:00 novels 4-3 1:10:10 novels 2-1 1:14:00 your thoughts on the listHow to Read Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceBenjamin McEvoy2024-07-07 | ๐ Read the Great Books with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ Book Club Discussion: patreon.com/posts/who-is-greatest-101291574 Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ Timestamps: 0:00 reading one of the most difficult novels 2:00 reading as exchange between consciousnesses 3:45 what is the story of Infinite Jest about? 5:30 the dystopian future of Infinite Jest 6:00 Organization of North American Nations/O.N.A.N. 6:30 President Johnny Gentle and the Great Concavity 7:00 when did David Foster Wallace write Infinite Jest? 7:30 what is subsidised time in Infinite Jest? 9:30 nightmare dystopia or contemporary comment? 10:20 why is the beginning so confusing? 11:20 who are the characters of Infinite Jest? 11:50 Hal Incandenza and Enfield Tennis Academy 12:40 David Foster Wallace on tennis 13:20 the filmography of James Incandenza 15:00 what is the entertainment in Infinite Jest? 16:45 is Infinite Jest a prophetic novel? 20:10 Quรฉbรฉcois seperatists/The Wheelchair Assassins 22:00 Don Gately/Ennet Recovery House 23:40 Joelle van Dyne/Madame Psychosis 25:25 worshipping our corporate masters 26:40 we already live in a corporate dystopia 28:30 DFW on addiction as religious devotion 29:50 do we have the freedom to choose? 31:20 loneliness in comfort and easy pleasure 32:40 religious impulse and the death of God 33:40 the existential crisis of drug addiction 35:15 higher power in the twelve-step program 37:00 how do you know youโre addicted? 37:50 the essays of David Foster Wallace 38:30 David Foster Wallace teaching syllabus 39:10 David Foster Wallace and Stephen King 40:00 television, pop culture, postmodernism 41:10 irony and metafiction vs realism 42:00 being addicted to television/social media 45:30 rise of the postmodern hero of non-action 47:00 how we have lost the desire to think deeply 48:00 the battle of short vs long form content 49:00 great literature is frequently boring in places 50:00 Infinite Jest as antidote to instant gratification 50:40 do you have to read the endnotes? 51:45 jokes, parody and secrets in the endnotes 53:00 why you need two bookmarks for Infinite Jest 54:00 reading experience is like a tennis match 55:30 Infinite Jest as encyclopaedic novel 56:00 self-awareness and active reading 57:00 being addicted to obsessive thinking 58:00 is Infinite Jest difficult for the sake of it? 59:00 David Foster Wallaceโs narrative style 1:00:00 how difficult is Infinite Jest? 1:01:00 modernism vs postmodernism 1:02:30 relationship between comedy and tragedy 1:04:00 sadness and humour of David Foster Wallace 1:05:30 Sierpiลski triangle structure in Infinite Jest 1:07:00 iceberg theory and deformation in literature 1:09:00 DFWโs rationale for structure of Infinite Jest 1:10:30 the author-reader relationship in Infinite Jest 1:12:00 where does the title Infinite Jest come from? 1:14:00 Shakespeareโs Hamlet parallels in Infinite Jest 1:15:30 what is the meaning/point of life? 1:17:30 infinite play within parameters 1:20:00 choosing our freedom and meaning 1:21:20 David Foster Wallaceโs tragic end 1:22:30 why should you read Infinite Jest? 1:23:30 recommended pacing for Infinite Jest 1:25:00 the joy of engaging with the book club 1:27:00 what is your experience with Infinite Jest?How to Read The Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuBenjamin McEvoy2024-05-19 | ๐ Read the Great Books with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ Book Club Discussion: patreon.com/posts/who-is-greatest-101291574 Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ Timestamps: 0:00 the highest pinnacle of Japanese literature 3:00 how to read The Tale of Genji 4:00 the difficulty of this masterpiece 6:30 the world of the Shining Prince 8:00 cloud-dwellers in Heian Japan 9:00 the power of the Fujiwara Clan 9:30 meet Lady Murasaki Shikibu 10:20 the women of Heian Era Japan 11:30 hired wombs, polygamy, political power 13:00 architecture, privacy, nighttime world 15:30 the influence of Chinese on Heian Japan 17:00 masculine vs feminine communication 17:50 women and the rise of Japanese literature 18:50 spoken language becomes written 19:40 Lady Murasaki defines the self in text 20:20 the religious beliefs of Heian Japan 21:00 Shinto, Taoism, Buddhism 25:00 the aesthetics of Heian Japan 26:30 the physical beauty of Hikaru Genji 28:00 the sadness of natureโs ephemerality 30:00 appreciating Lady Murasakiโs poetry 32:00 the natural beauty of Japan 34:30 the sorrowful atmosphere of Genji 37:00 appreciating the characters of Genji 38:00 meeting the character Hikaru Genji 40:00 otherness, self, literature as Rorschach 41:00 the romantic exploits of Genji 42:00 a key to unlocking the narrative 43:00 why the story rewards patience 44:00 the Oedipus complex of Genji 46:30 the character of Murasaki 49:00 the waka poetry of Heian Japan 53:00 the excitement of poetry composition 55:00 different Japanese historical eras 56:00 the music of Japanese courtiers 57:00 is The Tale of Genji really a novel? 58:00 real life inspirations for Genji 59:00 the tragic backstory of Lady Murasaki 1:00:00 how was The Tale of Genji written? 1:01:00 who were the first readers of Genji? 1:02:00 did Lady Murasaki write the ending? 1:02:30 how to read like the first readers 1:05:00 the organic structure of Genji 1:06:00 reading Genji for the sentiment 1:07:00 abridged vs full versions of Genji 1:08:00 why do we love such long novels? 1:09:30 reading Genji with active absorption 1:11:00 which translation of Genji is best? 1:12:30 puritan vs cavalier translators 1:14:30 the Arthur Waley translation 1:15:00 the Edward Seidensticker translation 1:16:00 the Royall Tyler translation 1:17:00 the Dennis Washburn translation 1:20:00 Genji Taste Test - Washburn 1:22:00 Genji Taste Test - Waley 1:23:00 Genji Taste Test - Tyler 1:23:40 Genji Taste Test - Seidensticker 1:24:30 recommended pacing for Genji 1:27:00 hardcore literature book club 1:29:00 your thoughts on The Tale of Genji?The 20 Greatest Characters of All Time - ReactionBenjamin McEvoy2024-05-17 | ๐ Read the Great Books with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ Book Club Discussion: patreon.com/posts/who-is-greatest-101291574 Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ Timestamps: 0:00 who is the greatest character in literature? 1:40 CHARACTER 20 2:30 character reveals itself in action 3:00 great characters enter the collective awareness 3:40 my current personal reading project 4:10 desiring complex characterisation 4:50 the best characters become real people 5:20 great characters come in pairs 5:50 CHARACTER 19 6:50 Shakespearean inwardness in Austen 7:50 the therapeutic value of literature 9:20 great characters as reflection of self 10:10 learning to appreciate otherness 10:40 CHARACTER 18 11:20 being shy about our favourite characters 12:50 give characters the advice you need 13:30 sympathising with characters in turmoil 15:00 finding comfort in books during heartbreak 16:40 CHARACTER 17 17:20 one of my personal favourite lecture series 18:20 the greatest writers wrestle with evil 20:00 sympathising with the anti-hero 20:50 hubris causes one's fall from grace 21:30 most interesting and influential characters 22:30 CHARACTER 16 23:00 the Myers-Briggs personality types 24:00 changing with world starts with yourself 25:00 disliking characters similar to us 25:30 how reading helps you accept yourself 26:00 CHARACTER 15 26:30 one of my favourite scenes in literature 27:20 family history, fiction, biblical myth 28:00 great characters are aspirational 29:40 CHARACTER 14 30:10 strong writers have pantheons of characters 30:40 perfect book for scriptural reading 31:30 experiencing an epiphany in literature 33:00 the wisdom of near death experiences 34:00 befriending characters in times of war 35:30 the healing power of great literature 36:20 CHARACTER 13 37:00 ego death, rebirth, hero's journey 38:00 vicarious experience and inner quests 38:30 how to create complex anti-heroes 39:20 CHARACTER 12 39:50 reading by candlelight in a power outage 40:30 my love of friendships in literature 41:00 why we love characters who go on journeys 41:50 reading is spending time with old friends 42:20 CHARACTER 11 42:50 archetypal wise guides in literature 43:20 my current reading and walking challenge 44:00 strong people who choose to be loving 45:10 feeling drawn to wise elder characters 46:00: what your favourite characters say about you 47:00 identifying with peripheral characters 48:00 CHARACTER 10 48:50 choosing your madness is creating your reality 49:20 identifying with quixotic characters 49:40 a comic work that restores me 50:30 seeing the world as it ought to be 51:00 CHARACTER 9 51:30 the characters we identify with 52:20 characters who change by talking to each other 52:50 CHARACTER 8 53:20 another powerful creator of characters 54:00 identifying with Dostoevsky's characters 55:00 the comfort of honest inner monologues 56:00 a character who is too real to be fictional 56:30 CHARACTER 7 57:00 the paradox of our personalities 57:30 how we change whilst remaining the same 58:00 characters who stay with us for decades 59:00 CHARACTER 6 59:30 film adaptations that aren't faithful 1:00:00 dividing great characters into two types 1:01:30 deep dive biblical exegetical analysis 1:02:20 CHARACTER 5 1:02:50 one of the most frightening characters 1:03:30 a powerful ending to a great book 1:04:10 CHARACTER 4 1:04:50 you cannot complete your quest alone 1:05:30 courageous characters that comfort us 1:06:50 CHARACTER 3 1:07:30 another intensely aspirational character 1:08:10 a character that transcends his shackles 1:08:50 great characters are all-encompassing 1:10:00 CHARACTER 2 1:10:30 most popular book club read-throughs 1:11:00 a revolutionary character with integrity 1:13:00 how we grow alongside great characters 1:14:20 CHARACTER 1 1:15:00 the most powerful creators of character 1:15:30 a character who has become real 1:16:00 subtext, sympathy, backstory 1:17:30 a character whose thoughts are our thoughts 1:18:00 my ongoing relationship with this work 1:18:30 what book club readers say about this character 1:22:20 my personal top seven favourite characters 1:29:00 an exciting reading season at the book club 1:30:00 who is your personal favourite character?How to Read Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenBenjamin McEvoy2024-04-14 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ https://hardcore-university.teachable... (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ Timestamps: 0:00 appreciating the novels of Jane Austen 1:00 how to read Pride and Prejudice 2:00 the story of Pride and Prejudice 3:00 a single man of large fortune 3:30 meeting the Bennet family 4:00 Mr Bingley and Mr Darcy 4:30 meeting Elizabeth Bennett 5:00 my appreciation for Mrs Bennet 5:20 Bennett estate entailed to Mr Collins 6:20 why the stakes are high in this story 7:20 the Georgian and Regency era 8:00 social pyramid of Jane Austenโs day 8:30 why readers dislike Lady Catherine 9:20 understanding the Georgian gentry 10:00 what was Jane Austenโs social class? 11:15 social tension in Georgian England 12:20 awareness of social rank in Austen 13:00 understanding the character Mr Collins 13:30 on the idea of knowing your place 14:00 why is Mr Darcy so rude? 14:50 Jane Austenโs heroines marry for love 15:30 the humour of the marriage market 16:00 why we love Elizabeth Bennet 17:00 a lady walking through miles of mud 17:30 the psychology of regency courtship 18:30 on the idea of marrying for love 19:00 what it meant to refuse a proposal 20:30 what happened to unmarried women? 22:00 how to attract a decent regency man 22:40 what makes an accomplished woman? 23:00 what makes a good woman to Darcy? 24:00 how to meet your regency love 24:30 the etiquette of the Georgian ballroom 25:40 the conduct of courting couples 26:00 the good and bad of regency dances 26:30 how a gentleman behaves at the ball 27:30 what did โcoming outโ mean? 28:50 on the youngest Bennett Lydia 29:30 when was Pride and Prejudice written? 30:30 when was Pride and Prejudice published? 30:40 the tragedy of Jane Austenโs early death 31:30 how each Austen novels is unique 32:00 the voice of a young Jane Austen 32:20 on the love life of Jane Austen 32:50 Jane Austenโs letters to sister Cassandra 33:10 Tom Lefroy, the one who got away 34:00 Austenโs novels were her children 34:30 Jane Austen and the rise of the novel 35:00 what was the reputation of the novel? 35:40 defence of the novel in Northanger Abbey 36:40 not ashamed of being a novel reader 38:20 the rise of the subscription library 39:50 the history of women writers and readers 40:30 Shakespeareโs influence on Jane Austen 40:50 what writers did Jane Austen read? 41:30 Fanny Burneyโs influence on Jane Austen 42:00 epistolary novels in the great age of letters 43:00 communal reading and reading aloud 43:50 on the juvenilia of Jane Austen 44:10 Austenโs revolutionary social realism 44:40 Austenโs psychologically complex characters 45:00 seeing our family in the Bennet family 45:30 Sir Walter Scottโs review of Emma 46:00 realism vs exciting melodrama 46:20 first person vs omniscient narration 47:30 when authors behave like characters 48:00 what Tolstoy learnt from Jane Austen 48:30 Austen pioneers free indirect discourse 49:30 appreciating Jane Austenโs ingenuity 50:30 nineteen different centres of consciousness 51:20 โit is a truth universally acknowledgedโฆโ 52:20 recommended adaptation of Pride and Prejudice 53:00 relishing the irony and subtext of Jane Austen 54:20 reading exercise for Jane Austen appreciation 55:00 male vs female point of view in Austen 55:40 how the characters are the story 56:30 how do we define what a character is? 57:40 the complexity of Austenโs protagonists 59:00 seeing a reflection of ourselves in literature 1:00:30 appreciating otherness in Austenโs novels 1:01:00 Austen and Moliรจre lectures pacing 1:02:00 Pride and Prejudice with the book club 1:04:00 back catalogue and upcoming read-throughs 1:05:00 what is your experience with Jane Austen?How to Read the Plays of Moliรจre (French Theatre Appreciation)Benjamin McEvoy2024-03-31 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ https://hardcore-university.teachable... (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 the tradition of comedy & tragedy 1:30 Moliรจre as titan of French Literature 3:30 my love for the work of Moliรจre 4:30 how to appreciate the plays of Moliรจre 5:00 on the history of French theatre 6:00 drama in the age of King Louis XIV 7:00 Jean-Baptiste Poquelinโs acting career 8:00 comic with the heart of a tragedian 8:30 neoclassical revival of the ancients 10:30 French Renaissance rules for theatre 11:00 alexandrines & French poetry 12:00 tragic conventions & Corneilleโs Le Cid 13:00 what was French Renaissance theatre like? 13:30 classical unities of action, time & place 14:30 the value of working within a framework 15:30 dramatic rules from L'Acadรฉmie franรงaise 16:30 difference between tragedy & comedy 17:50 the influence of Commedia dellโarte 18:40 Scaramouche & improvisational comedy 20:00 masks/stock types from Italian theatre 20:50 difference between high & low comedy 21:20 the art of Moliรจreโs character creation 23:30 singular ruling passion of his characters 24:30 the liberation of recognising ourselves 26:00 William Shakespeare vs Moliรจre 26:40 understanding the time of Moliรจre 28:20 a tumultuous era in French History 29:40 King Louis XIV at the Palace of Versailles 31:00 how the Sun King controlled the nobles 32:40 Kingโs brother as patron of Moliรจreโs troupe 33:30 why the critics attacked Moliรจre 34:30 Moliรจre discovers his talent for comedy 35:30 Sganarelle in The Imaginary Cuckold 36:00 Moliรจreโs understanding of jealousy 38:00 making the audience recognise themselves 38:50 Jean-Baptiste finds freedom on the stage 40:00 Les Prรฉcieuses ridicules causes outrage 40:50 satirising the age of the refined salon 42:00 โStop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief!โ 43:30 Moliรจreโs mockery of refined society 44:30 banned for being deeply offensive 46:00 The School for Wives & the Comic War 47:00 Moliรจreโs satire offends high society 50:00 how the criticism fuelled Moliรจre 51:00 tuberculosis, depression, hypochondria 52:00 what was Moliรจreโs acting like? 52:30 the scandal caused by Tartuffe 54:00 Moliรจre satirises religious hypocrisy 55:00 โYes, Brother, I am a wicked man, I fearโ 57:00 Tartuffe is banned by the authorities 59:00 the character of Alceste in The Misanthrope 1:02:00 โthe friend of mankind is no friend of mineโ 1:04:00 Moliรจre fights to get Tartuffe onstage 1:06:00 the great playwrightโs tragic death 1:07:00 Moliรจre changed the world of comedy 1:08:00 recommended translation of Moliรจre 1:09:00 appreciating Richard Wilburโs Moliรจre 1:10:00 discussing the Moliรจre lecture series 1:12:00 exciting upcoming book club content 1:12:20 what is your experience with Moliรจre?How to Read The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovBenjamin McEvoy2024-02-25 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ https://hardcore-university.teachable... (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 how to read The Master and Margarita 1:52 secret writing, censorship & publication 4:17 โmanuscripts donโt burnโ 5:16 why tyrannical regimes ban books 5:55 Bulgakov burns his first draft 7:00 the power of allegorical literature 8:20 how to appreciate great satire 9:00 Russian vs Western readers 10:00 the writerโs life in the Soviet Union 13:00 Bulgakovโs struggle with addiction 14:00 atheism & visions of the devil 15:00 โA Country Doctorโs Notebookโ 15:30 Bulgakovโs favourite writers 16:55 opening of The Master and Margarita 18:20 Berlioz, Homeless & Massolit 18:50 on the Soviet literary scene 20:00 understanding socialist realism 20:50 the battle of art vs propaganda 22:00 terror in the Soviet Union 23:20 Solzhenitsynโs Gulag Archipelago 24:50 why writers would disappear 26:00 most dangerous writer in Moscow 27:20 interrogated by the secret police 29:15 Stalin loves Bulgakovโs play 30:00 banned, censored & abused 30:50 the writerโs wish to leave the USSR 31:30 Bulgakov falls in love with Elena 33:00 Bulgakov burns his manuscript 34:30 Stalinโs phone call with Bulgakov 37:00 on tyrannical control of art 39:40 Bulgakovโs visions of the devil 40:30 relationship between good & evil 41:20 epigraph for The Master and Margarita 41:50 in the influence of Goetheโs Faust 43:00 making a deal with the devil 43:55 the character of Professor Woland 44:45 debating the historicity of Jesus 45:55 the devilโs fantastical retinue 46:55 Bulgakovโs three narrative strands 49:45 the novelโs different aesthetic styles 51:00 Jesus/Yeshua & Pontius Pilate 52:30 Bulgakovโs defamiliarisation 54:00 which translation should you read? 58:25 recommended pace for Bulgakov 1:02:15 exciting book club discussions 1:03:20 your experience with Bulgakov?Reading One-Star Reviews of My Favourite BooksBenjamin McEvoy2024-01-31 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ https://hardcore-university.teachable... (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 one-star reviews of my favourite books 2:52 Gravityโs Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon 10:54 The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky 21:22 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontรซ 26:21 East of Eden - John Steinbeck 30:57 The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas 36:18 Dracula - Bram Stoker 38:47 A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens 41:11 Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison 43:54 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 47:18 Paradise Lost - John Milton 50:50 what did you make of the reviews?How to Read the Poetry of Walt Whitman (Song of Myself Appreciation)Benjamin McEvoy2024-01-13 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ https://hardcore-university.teachable... (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 the poetry of Walt Whitman 1:50 โyou may contribute a verseโ 4:15 appreciating โSong of Myselfโ 5:55 โI celebrate myself, and sing myselfโ 6:55 Whitman as controversial poet 7:30 poem as sublime American epic 8:30 poetic exploration of self-love 9:30 Whitmanโs poet-reader relationship 10:45 is Whitman the father of free verse? 11:20 Walt Whitmanโs biblical cadence 13:15 Whitmanโs religious skepticism 14:20 Whitmanโs celebration of the flesh 16:00 breaking free from sin and guilt 17:30 on making the senses heroic 18:00 โI loafe and invite my soulโ 19:30 reminder to appreciate nature 20:00 three psychic agencies of self 20:30 โI am large, I contain multitudesโ 21:10 rebirth after a midlife crisis 22:00 the poet of the nation is born 22:30 Whitman embraces the natural world 24:45 the sensual spirituality of Whitman 26:30 where shall wisdom be found? 27:30 possessing the origin of all poems 28:20 Whitman teaches us to see truly 29:00 focusing on the present moment 30:00 on American transcendentalism 30:45 the unification of body and soul 31:20 Walt Whitmanโs epic catalogues 32:00 our problems are not our true selves 33:30 the question of โwhat is the grass?โ 35:00 Walt Whitmanโs prolific decade 35:30 on multiple meanings in poetry 36:10 what does โLeaves of Grassโ mean? 38:00 โlook for me under your boot-solesโ 39:50 liberating cycles of death and rebirth 40:30 how to read a poem for the first time 41:15 reading the divine signs in nature 42:00 โthe beautiful uncut hair of gravesโ 42:45 โall goes onward and outwardโ 43:00 Whitmanโs love for humanity 44:45 Whitman on abolition of slavery 45:20 โI Sing the Body Electricโ 48:00 Whitman during the Civil War 48:30 Whitmanโs poems for President Lincoln 49:30 expressing the thoughts of all men 51:30 music for the conquered and slain 52:45 the healing power of Whitman 53:20 on rereading your favourite parts 55:00 the miracle of touching and feeling 55:50 โall truths wait in all thingsโ 56:00 the aim with aesthetic criticism 56:30 how to read poetry sensitively 57:00 โonly what nobody denies is soโ 58:20 Whitman on living with the animals 1:00:00 Whitman sends us into nature 1:01:00 how to truly apprehend God 1:02:30 are you able to love yourself? 1:03:30 the ending of โSong of Myselfโ 1:04:30 โI sound my barbaric yawpโฆโ 1:05:10 โI stop somewhere waiting for youโ 1:05:40 expressing my gratitude for you 1:06:30 your thoughts on Walt Whitman?How to Read East of Eden by John SteinbeckBenjamin McEvoy2024-01-06 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ https://hardcore-university.teachable... (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 how to read Steinbeckโs East of Eden 2:20 novel as grand biblical allegory 3:20 what do we mean by symbolism? 4:00 unlocking the power of our unconscious 4:30 what do we mean by allegory? 5:25 psychologically complex symbol people 6:30 keys to interpreting Steinbeckโs message 8:00 a focusing exercise for your reading 8:50 the universal story of Cain and Abel 9:20 the power of the beginning of Genesis 10:00 Adam, Eve, and the fall of mankind 11:45 banished from the Garden of Eden 12:50 thinking about the serpent seed theory 13:30 reading the Cain and Abel story together 15:30 โam I my brotherโs keeper?โ 16:20 advice for how to read the Bible 17:00 locating Steinbeckโs title in Genesis 17:50 Cain and Abel in East of Eden 18:20 how Steinbeck builds family saga 19:20 John Steinbeckโs sweeping canvas 20:40 is evil a product of nature or nurture? 21:20 Steinbeck reflects upon the past 22:10 tone of voice in East of Eden 23:20 Steinbeck addressing his sons 24:50 the value of telling family stories 27:00 Steinbeckโs conversational history 27:30 Cal and Aron in East of Eden 28:20 the charactersโ self-awareness 30:00 symbol story for the human soul 31:00 Steinbeckโs biblical exegesis 32:30 universal story of good vs evil 33:25 on the seven basic plots 34:45 the universal in the individual 35:40 Steinbeckโs voice and prose style 36:50 how Steinbeck wrote East of Eden 38:00 why Steinbeck found the novel difficult 38:45 on expressing the inexpressible 40:00 how to read the chapters mindfully 41:00 natural world vs human drama 42:00 appreciating the American Sublime 44:00 great literature gifts us perspective 45:00 relishing the opening of East of Eden 47:00 how to charge language with meaning 48:00 โWhen people first came to the Westโ 49:00 the influence of Ernest Hemingway 51:00 Harold Bloomโs Anxiety of Influence 52:20 Ernest Hemingway vs John Steinbeck 54:00 great literature is sublimated pain 55:00 Steinbeckโs life at time of writing 57:00 John Steinbeck vs the critics 58:45 winning the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize 59:30 โliterature is as old as speechโ 1:00:40 reading pace for East of Eden 1:03:00 some questions for your readingRevealing the Book Club Schedule for 2024 (Hardcore Literature)Benjamin McEvoy2023-11-30 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ https://hardcore-university.teachable... (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 looking back over this year 1:42 the benefits of a deep reading program 4:45 revealing the schedule for 2024 44:20 long-term reading projects 52:52 thank you for reading with us โโโโโโโโโโโโAnswering YOUR Questions to Celebrate 100,000 Subscribers (Thank You)Benjamin McEvoy2023-11-08 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 thank you for reading along 0:47 Shakespeareโs comedies or tragedies? 3:40 how approach syllabus for your future child? 7:38 how to read in a world of distractions? 10:45 your favourite of Shakespeareโs English histories? 13:32 advice for reading George Eliotโs Middlemarch? 17:31 know one book intimately or a hundred superficially? 19:57 fondest literature travel memory? 20:40 where in the world would you take a literature pilgrimage? 22:12 which work gave you the biggest book hangover? 23:20 have you read Brazilian literature/Clarice Lispector? 24:29 have you read literature from the Balkan region? 25:04 your ranking of the episodes of Joyceโs Ulysses? 27:51 your top three favourite authors? And their favourite works? 29:54 stories as thrilling as The Count of Monte Cristo? 30:55 any classics of hardcore literature you havenโt read? 32:18 what are your thoughts on the value of reading manga? 34:12 have you considered discussing DFWโs Infinite Jest? 36:48 how to encourage young readers in this digital world? 45:10 how did you first start reading? 46:13 how many books have you read so far? 46:20 your favourite quote from a book? 46:54 most valuable lesson from reading great books? 47:39 poetry recommendations for special needs education? 48:55 why take the dust jackets off your books? 49:41 your thoughts on Katzโs translation of Dostoyevsky? 49:58 what are your favourite candy reads? 50:37 your favourite contemporary writers at the moment? 50:55 what did you do when Cormac McCarthy died? 51:20 is it normal to cringe at your old marginalia? 52:11 have you felt the call of a book you havenโt read before? 53:00 which literary movement do you most identify with? 54:37 how much time do you spend on content vs reading? 56:25 how do you approach a book youโve never heard about? 58:42 some of your favourite non-fiction books? 59:03 what is your research process like for content? 1:02:02 who are your favourite prose stylists? 1:02:21 your thoughts on FOMO with contemporary fiction? 1:05:43 would you prefer a story with style or substance? 1:06:52 what are the practicalities of your reading? 1:11:11 how to manage reading for fun vs university? 1:12:00 how to avoid burnout when studying literature? 1:14:29 what would you do differently at university? 1:17:00 when will the reading schedule for 2024 be announced? 1:17:48 a heartfelt thank you to you allHow to Read Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontรซBenjamin McEvoy2023-10-01 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ open.spotify.com/show/70IZA248yNVkrjqzDNm6Lt (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ hardcore-university.teachable.com (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 why read Charlotte Brontรซโs Jane Eyre? 2:00 on the first reading experience 3:00 making the acquaintance of Currer Bell 5:00 fiction as a lie that tells the truth 6:00 getting to know the Brontรซ sisters 8:00 life in the village of Haworth 9:00 poems of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell 10:00 how the Brontรซs created their own worlds 12:00 reading the Bronte sisters collectively 13:00 composition and publication of Jane Eyre 14:00 Charlotte Brontรซ keeps her identity secret 16:00 โallow me to introduce you to Jane Eyreโ 17:00 โwhen we are struck at without a reasonโฆโ 18:00 channeling romantic longings into art 20:00 unrequited love in Charlotte Brontรซโs letters 24:00 Charlotte Brontรซ biography recommendations 26:00 comparing Rochester and Heathcliff 27:00 reading and writing as vicarious experience 28:00 the rich imagination of Charlotte Brontรซ 30:00 on the gothic elements in Jane Eyre 32:00 gothic, secrets, and antiquated spaces 33:00 Edward Rochester as byronic protagonist 35:00 influence of the Romantics on Brontรซ 36:00 Brontรซโs desire to create a plain heroine 39:00 sympathising with the central protagonist 41:00 โmillions are in silent revolt against their lotโ 44:00 the novelโs powerful cry for equality 45:00 connecting to the quest for self identity 46:00 governesses, marriage, and self-mastery 48:00 orphan status and the human condition 50:00 relationship between reader and writer 51:00 the heroineโs psychological complexity 53:00 โconventionality is not moralityโฆโ 54:00 violating every code human and divine 55:00 recommended editions of Jane Eyre 56:00 the theme and structure of Jane Eyre 57:00 recommended reading pace for Jane Eyre 59:00 Jane Eyre as immersive reading experience 1:00:00 thank you and preparatory questions for youHow to Read Paradise Lost by John MiltonBenjamin McEvoy2023-08-31 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ open.spotify.com/show/70IZA248yNVkrjqzDNm6Lt (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ hardcore-university.teachable.com (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 how to read Miltonโs Paradise Lost 2:30 the story of the fall of Satan 3:45 on the fall of mankind 4:30 knowledge of good and evil 5:30 Paradise Lost and the Bible 7:00 the splendour of Miltonโs language 8:00 the importance of reading aloud 9:20 appreciating the poem as closet drama 10:30 how Milton composed the poem 11:30 imagination and memorisation 12:40 the politics of John Milton 14:20 blind poet invokes divine light 17:45 โof manโs first disobedienceโ 20:20 rhyme as invention of barbarous age 22:40 words invented by John Milton 23:45 Miltonsโ anxiety of influence 25:40 the romance of Adam and Eve 26:00 the poetโs radical religious beliefs 27:00 eating habits of Miltonโs angels 28:00 predestination vs free will 31:00 Satan gazing upon Paradise 35:00 Eve discourses with Adam 36:45 Satan as centre of Paradise Lost 38:00 the influence of Miltonโs Satan 39:00 on Milton and Shakespeare 40:00 Miltonโs sympathy for the devil 41:30 โhurled headlong flamingโ 42:50 โall is not lost; the unconquerable willโ 44:20 suggested reading pace for Milton 47:20 recommended editions of Paradise Lost 50:00 a practical approach to reading the poem 51:00 some questions for youThe Booker Prize Longlist for 2023 - ReactionBenjamin McEvoy2023-08-13 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ open.spotify.com/show/70IZA248yNVkrjqzDNm6Lt (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ hardcore-university.teachable.com (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 the Booker Prize longlist 1:00 thoughts on prize lists 3:00 contemporary vs classic books 8:00 about this year's longlist 10:15 who are this year's judges? 14:00 reacting to the longlist 14:20 The House of Doors 17:00 The Bee Sting 19:19 Western Lane 20:20 In Ascension 21:20 Prophet Song 23:02 All the Little Bird-Hearts 23:12 Pearl 25:27 This Other Eden 27:17 How to Build a Boat 28:17 If I Survive You 29:31 Study for Obedience 30:30 Old God's Time 31:29 A Spell of Good Things 32:38 what will make the shortlist? 33:20 my personal favourite book 33:40 what readers think of the Booker 36:00 love for Tan Twan Eng 37:40 knowing Martin MacInnes 38:45 the value of prize lists 40:00 on never-ending TBR lists 41:19 the Irish writers on the list 41:45 disillusioned with the Booker? 44:10 attempting to read the longlist 45:45 what is the judging criteria? 46:40 posterity as most accurate prize 48:00 on reading other prizes 49:19 reading the best of the best 50:00 the Nobel Prize for Literature 51:04 thinking about the shortlist 51:28 on quality over quantity 54:00 expressing my gratitude for you 53:20 your thoughts on the longlist? 54:40 works we're reading at the book club 56:00 thank you and happy readingHow to Journal on Great Literature (My Marginalia & Rereading Process)Benjamin McEvoy2023-08-01 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ open.spotify.com/show/70IZA248yNVkrjqzDNm6Lt (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ hardcore-university.teachable.com (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 how to journal on great literature 0:45 journalling begins with marginalia 1:40 marginalia is a compliment to the writer 2:00 on show copies vs work copies 3:30 Montaigneโs marginalia technique 4:30 underlining resonant passages 5:52 my rationale for underlining things 6:10 how to bring unity to your reading 6:30 the power of posing questions 7:40 on etymological excavations 8:20 my marginalia for Moby Dick 9:00 what is the effect of this passage? 9:20 talk to yourself in the margins 10:00 insights arise from frivolity 10:47 the power of cross-pollination 12:00 how I approach my rereading 13:00 one of my most rewarding readings 14:42 reading quotas & one-page prescription 15:20 using marginalia to direct rereading 15:40 how to make your rereading a habit 16:20 scheduling reading & athletic activity 16:20 making writers your walking companions 17:20 rereading as spaced repetition technique 18:20 rereading reflects personal change 19:00 collecting resources for your heroโs journey 20:00 the pen and journal I use for my practice 20:30 different journals for different purposes 21:00 going through my journal for the sonnets 22:00 be highly selective on what you focus on 23:00 the logistics of my journalling practice 23:40 riffing on key words & passages 24:00 step one: alight upon resonance 24:40 step two: write the quotation by hand 25:30 step three: pose questions to yourself 26:30 taking the scenic route through literature 27:00 engaging with yourself through great books 27:50 action steps & practical application 28:10 you are what you repeatedly do 29:00 a powerful mindset for creating habits 29:20 designate your journalling as meaningful 30:00 journalling as a self-care practiceHow to Read The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasBenjamin McEvoy2023-07-02 | ๐ Read The Count of Monte Cristo with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ https://hardcore-university.teachable... (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 why read The Count of Monte Cristo 2:30 how to choose the right translation 4:00 on the Robin Buss Penguin translation 5:00 the influential anonymous translation 6:00 Bussโ approach to translating Dumas 9:00 translation comparison taste-test 13:00 the first readers of Alexandre Dumas 14:00 on the storyโs serialised publication 15:00 the benefits of delayed gratification 17:00 the golden age of serial literature 18:00 Monte Cristoโs publication history 19:00 Alexandre Dumasโ writing process 20:00 collaborators in the fiction factory 21:00 Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet 21:30 Alexandre Dumasโ historical frames 22:30 how to pace your reading of this book 24:00 how to appreciate great storytelling 25:00 studying popular imaginative literature 26:00 the influence of romance stories 27:00 on Classicism vs Romanticism 28:00 protect yourself from plot spoilers 29:00 why do we read great literature? 30:00 how to befriend Alexandre Dumas 31:00 meeting the great writerโs father 32:00 on Napoleon and French History 33:00 inspiration from the real life Monte Cristo 35:00 Dumasโ love of Shakespeareโs Hamlet 36:00 how Dumas originally began the story 37:00 relating to the pain of Edmond Dantรจs 38:00 appreciating the character of Abbรฉ Faria 39:00 how to bring yourself to the story 40:00 on the themes of revenge and justice 42:00 on the power of communal readingHow to Read J. R. R. Tolkiens The Lord of The RingsBenjamin McEvoy2023-05-29 | ๐ Explore the world of J.R.R. Tolkien with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ open.spotify.com/show/70IZA248yNVkrjqzDNm6Lt (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ hardcore-university.teachable.com (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 the enduring power of Tolkienโs storytelling 1:20 on the popularity of J.R.R. Tolkien 3:30 invention as a process of rediscovery 5:00 how Tolkien sparks our love of literature 6:00 lecture series on the world of Tolkien 7:00 the invented languages of J.R.R. Tolkien 8:00 why should we embrace a love of words? 9:00 history of language is a history of people 10:30 how Tolkien began creating languages 11:30 two approaches to language creation 13:00 creating a home for oneโs languages 15:30 on the illusion of historicity 16:30 language creation in the 20th century 18:00 Tolkienโs personal language aesthetic 19:00 most important parts of language creation 20:00 the elvish languages of Quenya and Sindarin 20:30 Tolkien reciting โNamรกriรซโ (Galadrielโs Lament) 21:00 sound symbolism in Tolkienโs languages 22:00 โElen sรญla lรบmennโ omentielvoโ 23:30 the songs of The Lord of the Rings 25:00 how Tolkien created beautiful languages 28:30 Tolkien and the English language 29:30 on uniting literature and language 33:00 celebrating our love of old lore 35:00 moral teaching vs moral allegories 37:00 Tolkien and the First World War 38:00 creating a national mythology for England 41:00 Tolkien and Victorian Arthuriana 43:00 nostalgia and ecological comments 45:00 on quests and the heroโs journey 47:00 โI wish it need not have happened in my timeโ 48:00 how do we define a great hero? 50:00 on finding the courage already within us 51:30 time to answer the call to adventureHow to Read Great Literature in Serialised FormBenjamin McEvoy2023-04-16 | ๐ Read the Great Books with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ open.spotify.com/show/70IZA248yNVkrjqzDNm6Lt (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ hardcore-university.teachable.com (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 the serialisation of Charles Dickens 1:30 engaging with the first reader 3:00 the rewards of delayed gratification 4:45 how to live the great books 5:55 introducing time to your reading 6:30 life-changing reading experiences 7:30 when characters become friends 8:14 how reading keeps us living 9:42 my anxiety of belatedness 10:45 how rereading reflects change 12:50 the power of symbolic pauses 14:00 special author reading projects 15:00 following original serialisations 15:42 reading Dickens over the long term 16:38 Master Humphrey's Clock 18:30 the joy of slow reading & rereading 19:14 The Old Curiosity Shop 21:39 some questions for youHow to Read Dostoyevskys The Brothers KaramazovBenjamin McEvoy2023-03-24 | ๐ Read Dostoyevsky with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ https://hardcore-university.teachable... (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 how to read The Brothers Karamazov 1:41 the history of Dostoyevskyโs masterpiece 2:23 Freud on Dostoyevskyโs novel 3:09 famous fans of The Brothers Karamazov 3:52 treat the novel as philosophical dialogue 4:40 the characters of Dostoyevsky 6:30 polyphonics & composing in voices 7:41 how to converse with Dostoyevsky 8:38 the theme of fathers & sons 9:22 Dostoyevskyโs personal tragedy 11:00 the social concerns of Dostoyevsky 12:45 parricide at the heart of the novel 13:40 all Karamazovs are the same 15:21 the Golden Era of Russia Literature 17:50 on Dostoyevskyโs exile 18:37 learning about Dostoyevskyโs life 19:07 Christ vs the Grand Inquisitor 22:50 on the burden of free will 25:00 the power of divine love 29:00 reason vs religious faith 33:11 treat the novel as spiritual vision 34:40 Dostoyevskyโs biblical allusions 37:10 on the King James Bible 39:00 Dostoyevsky and religion 41:30 novel as imperative to divinely love 43:20 the best translation of Dostoyevsky 45:01 pacing your reading of this novel 46:50 share your reading with others 47:45 meaningful reading & living great books 48:10 thank you & questions for youReading One-Star Reviews of My Favourite BooksBenjamin McEvoy2023-02-12 | ๐ Read the Great Books with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ open.spotify.com/show/70IZA248yNVkrjqzDNm6Lt (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ hardcore-university.teachable.com (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 one-star reviews of my favourite books 1:58 Moby Dick by Herman Melville 15:08 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 20:10 Persuasion by Jane Austen 26:11 Les Misรฉrables by Victor Hugo 29:13 War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 38:30 Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontรซ 43:25 Ulysses by James Joyce 51:52 thank you for being hereHow to Read Tolstoys War and PeaceBenjamin McEvoy2023-01-01 | ๐ Read Tolstoy's War and Peace with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 how to read Tolstoyโs War and Peace 2:07 how to pace your reading of War and Peace 3:00 on sublimity, the epic, and grand 5:00 reading pace & habit creation 7:17 War and Peace reading milestones 9:13 how to make your reading rewarding 10:07 an ultra-slow reading option 11:02 choosing your translation of War and Peace 12:21 the Anthony Briggs translation 14:55 the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation 15:40 the Maude & Garnett translations 16:39 how to befriend the characters 18:10 why Tolstoyโs characters are extraordinary 21:57 how to remember character names 25:12 the importance of looking things up 26:01 giving yourself the gift of history 27:00 learning about Napoleon 29:30 Tolstoyโs meditations on warfare 31:30 how to learn about history 33:40 Tolstoyโs thoughts on history 38:03 how to understand Tolstoyโs art 39:07 the Tolstoic prose style 42:10 what is War and Peace? 45:45 appreciating adaptations 48:34 journalling & marginalia 50:27 the importance of discussion 52:03 some questions for youRevealing the Book Club Schedule for 2023 (Hardcore Literature)Benjamin McEvoy2022-11-27 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 looking back over this year 2:38 the benefits of a deep reading program 4:13 revealing the schedule for 2023 27:14 long-term reading projects 35:29 thank you for reading with usThe Passenger by Cormac McCarthy (Book Review)Benjamin McEvoy2022-11-25 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโAnswering YOUR Questions to Celebrate 50,000 Subscribers (Thank You)Benjamin McEvoy2022-11-12 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 thank you for reading along 0:30 how to read to improve our lives? 4:30 what books have you reread the most? 5:07 most difficult books youโve read? 6:00 your 5 top quotes/ideas from your reading? 13:00 are you reading McCarthyโs โThe Passengerโ? 14:14 what 3 books would you give to Shakespeare? 16:20 who is your favourite character, and why? 17:39 what are you favourite spiritual works? 19:31 appreciating a really lovely message 20:04 lesser known 19th century female novelists? 22:28 can you talk about reading with the seasons? 24:27 if you could read a book again for the first time? 24:44 balancing science and the humanities? 28:55 appreciating another lovely comment 29:08 how does the reading experience differ as we age? 31:52 objectively best work in the English language? 32:49 how will you answer all of these questions? 33:10 which canonical book did you not finish? 33:47 how does music complement your reading? 39:09 modern books youโve added to your canon? 40:51 introducing literary themes to young readers? 42:09 how to read the eastern canon? 46:16 how to read Finnegans Wake? 48:00 your thoughts on fantasy? 48:55 favourite stories that arenโt books? 49:45 favourite films adaptations of books? 51:50 best William Golding novels? 52:03 discerning subjective vs objective worth? 54:37 thoughts on Barthesโ death of the author? 56:32 how do you respond to snobbery? 57:52 tips for finding advanced essay topics? 59:31 do you like Sir Walter Scott? 59:57 recommended non-fiction literary works? 1:00:30 any plans for author biographies? 1:01:22 is dramaturgy alive? And favourite playwrights? 1:03:25 have you learnt a language to read its literature? 1:04:37 how do you feel about translations? 1:05:20 have we exhausted Shakespeare analysis? 1:05:58 tips for managing test-taking anxiety? 1:07:47 Is there a poem that has impacted your life? 1:08:03 how does running relate to reading? 1:10:47 what is your favourite poem? 1:11:17 any plans to write your own book? 1:11:25 best time to join the book club? 1:11:59 what George Eliot have you read? 1:12:17 favourite contemporary writers? 1:12:30 what would you like to contribute to criticism? 1:12:39 why do you love Moby Dick? 1:13:57 your go-to stories when the world gets you down? 1:14:16 recommended novel for rural male students? 1:14:59 a heartfelt thank you to you all12 Terrifying Short Tales To Give You NightmaresBenjamin McEvoy2022-10-16 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 introducing our literary vintages 1:08 horror vs terror 2:47 three flavours of horror 4:52 diving into the recommendations 5:32 โThe Sandmanโ 6:00 the power of the uncanny 7:47 willing suspension of disbelief 9:41 โThe Great God Panโ 10:42 magic vs science 12:40 โThe Lost Stradivariusโ 14:00 the haunting power of music 17:00 โDr Jekyll and Mr Hydeโ 18:00 the monster lurking within 19:30 Freud and Gothic literature 20:13 โThe Horlaโ 21:15 the fear of madness 24:15 on counting our ghosts 25:54 Paterโs โMona Lisaโ 28:15 โBecause I could not stop for Deathโ 31:03 โThe Vampyreโ 33:10 โThe Turn of the Screwโ 34:40 suspense and serialisation 35:40 being an active reader 36:15 โThe Birdsโ 38:12 โThe Lotteryโ 40:00 โThe Monkeyโs Pawโ 42:07 let us know your recommendationsThe 50 Greatest Books of All Time - ReactionBenjamin McEvoy2022-09-03 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 the 50 greatest books list 1:22 books 50-45 8:58 books 44-40 16:13 books 40-35 22:24 books 34-30 25:56 books 29-25 30:56 books 24-20 35:18 books 19-15 39:37 books 14-10 43:37 books 9-5 48:50 books 4-3 51:06 books 2-1 55:52 my thoughts on this listHow to Motivate Yourself to Read (20 Tips & Mindsets)Benjamin McEvoy2022-08-20 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 how to read more books 0:30 confusion is prologue to understanding 6:25 curate your bedside reading stack 9:29 take artist dates to secondhand bookstores 15:22 gift books to those you love 19:27 have a one-page reading quota 22:56 read poetry every day of your life 25:46 pair walking with listening to literature 28:39 draft your bakers dozen every year 32:44 1x language learning project per year 36:35 embrace commentaries and guides 39:11 1x author speciality project per year 42:19 befriend the biggies 45:03 schedule artistic cross-pollination 47:15 make a list of books you wonโt read 49:12 discern the personality type of characters 50:27 keep a file of favourite narrative devices 51:09 read fiction as though itโs non-fiction 51:52 change the lens through which you read 52:56 read with great passion 43:17 happy readingAnswering YOUR Questions to Celebrate 20,000 Subscribers (Thank You)Benjamin McEvoy2022-07-31 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 thank you for reading along 0:40 should any books be banned? 8:18 was there a book that made you pursue literature? 10:09 most emotionally impactful book youโve read? 11:21 do books come in our lives when we most need them? 16:50 is the reader ever objective? 19:08 are you a dog or cat person? 20:15 do you prefer old books or new books? 20:28 your favourite trope in literature? 21:13 best first sentence in a book? 22:30 top ten desert island books? 24:26 books from last 50 years that will become classics? 27:30 would you read a work that critics deprecate? 30:00 do you let the literature speak for itself? 30:45 what book do you reread all the time? 31:20 any books youโve changed your mind about? 34:12 one particular book that made you love reading? 35:11 thoughts on George Eliotโs novels? 37:50 Oxford World Classics or Penguin Classics? 38:14 how long does it take to create your content? 39:21 what inspired you to start the book club? 41:12 obstacles in putting yourself out on social media? 42:45 has a book ever made you cry? 45:14 thoughts on genre fiction? 46:53 any great books you havenโt finished? 48:00 advice to your teenage self? 52:20 thoughts and tips for Joyceโs Finnegans Wake? 56:30 encouraging life & mental health advice for young adults? 1:01:45 most influential literary characters? 1:03:30 what do you think about setting reading goals? 1:04:45 your advice on rereading books? 1:05:13 has our society degraded? 1:07:34 do you like postmodern novelists? (Pynchon, Foster Wallace) 1:08:43 your thoughts on the lyricism of Nick Drake? 1:11:24 appreciating a lovely comment 1:11:54 how to keep motivated with reading? 1:14:16 what do you think of George Orwell? 1:15:30 what do you think of Marcel Proust? 1:17:05 what do you think is the greatest American classic? 1:17:15 thoughts on Ian McEwan? 1:17:20 favourite books about sport? 1:17:30 favourite works from living writers? 1:17:52 where to start with philosophy? 1:18:20 favourite films, tv series, directors? 1:21:00 three recommended albums? 1:21:58 Jane Austen vs George Eliot? 1:22:22 thoughts on John Williamsโ Stoner? 1:22:43 how to apply literary theory to books? 1:23:25 Milan Kundera and J. D. Salinger? 1:24:14 Homer vs Virgil? 1:25:40 thoughts on Harry Potter? 1:26:13 what Shakespeare work do you most love? 1:27:10 do you like any Shakespeare film adaptations? 1:28:00 have you read Elena Ferranteโs Neapolitan quartet? 1:29:40 any great writers you believe to be overrated? 1:30:40 who is your favourite playwright? 1:31:00 thoughts on Arthur Miller, Pinter, Mamet? 1:32:42 what other passions do you have? 1:33:38 can you share some of your writing? 1:34:22 how to tackle epic literature? 1:36:10 advice on developing analytical skills? 1:36:40 thoughts on Arabic Literature? 1:37:30 reading Shakespeare with English as second language? 1:39:33 where to start with Greek mythology? 1:40:59 how to use notebooks as alternative to marginalia? 1:44:00 a heartfelt thank you to you allHow to Read Ulysses by James Joyce (10 Tips)Benjamin McEvoy2022-07-11 | ๐ Read James Joyce's Ulysses with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 how to read Ulysses by James Joyce 2:00 Ulysses is a reflection of your reading 4:00 on the importance of taking your time 6:00 Homer, Shakespeare & Joyce 7:00 passive reading & single meanings 9:00 allusion hunting assignment 9:40 โIneluctable modality of the visibleโ 11:00 Proteus & stream-of-consciousness 12:00 read Ulysses for Joyceโs language 13:37 listening and reading aloud 14:30 the musicality of Ulysses 16:30 the Sirens episode of Ulysses 18:30 reading Ulysses like a poem 19:20 mythic and aesthetic crib notes 20:00 collect your favourite sections 20:40 the Homeric parallels in Ulysses 22:00 my first experience with Ulysses 22:20 the opening episode (Telemachus) 23:44 one of my personal favourite sections 24:26 Stephenโs theory of Hamlet 26:10 experiencing otherness in literature 26:51 the oxen of the sun 27:48 Marilyn Monroeโs reading of โPenelopeโ 29:09 the story and characters of Ulysses 30:00 June 16th 1904, Bloomsday 31:31 Trieste-Zรผrich-Paris, 1914-1921 32:10 Dubliners, and Joyce's Portrait 33:02 irony in the micro becoming the epic 33:57 the name Stephen Daedalus 34:54 meeting Leopold โPoldyโ Bloom 35:50 what Joyceโs characters represent 36:26 approach Ulysses with a sense of joy 37:12 celebrating Irish humour 37:53 using Joyceโs other works as entrance 38:10 James Joyceโs Dubliners 38:40 my favourite stories from Dubliners 40:00 read Joyce to understand Modernism 40:20 what is Modernism in literature? 44:18 T. S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf & James Joyce 45:00 content vs form, or style vs substance 45:30 the censorship of Joyceโs Ulysses 47:52 Joyceโs love letters to Nora Barnacle 48:18 the controversial Nausicaa episode 50:22 which edition of Ulysses is the best? 50:59 Ulysses serialisation in the Little Review 52:40 the 1922 edition of Ulysses 54:00 Eduardo Arroyoโs illustrated Ulysses 55:25 read Joyceโs Ulysses with a group 57:45 well wishes for your Joyce Journey 58:06 some questions for youDo Audiobooks Count as Reading?Benjamin McEvoy2022-07-03 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ https://hardcore-university.teachable... (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 the good old days of audiobooks 3:00 is listening the same as reading? 3:40 is reading better than listening? 4:20 listening and the oral tradition 5:00 the rise of the solitary reader 5:30 Joyce and the evolution of language 6:20 oral cultures and reading around the world 7:30 Samuel Richardson's Clarissa 8:20 the Brontรซ sisters and Charles Dickens 10:20 reading George Eliot's Middlemarch 11:00 is Shakespeare poetry or performance? 13:00 listening and reading simultaneously 14:30 lectures and the hybrid approach 15:20 visual vs auditory learners 16:00 reading philosophy with a pen 16:25 my concluding thoughts 16:35 questions for youHow to Start Book Collecting as a HobbyBenjamin McEvoy2022-06-16 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 a rare bookstore visit 1:10 my latest first edition 2:20 how to start book collecting 3:00 three prerequisites for collecting 3:20 book collections as investments 4:00 finding your personal passion 4:40 should you collect Shakespeare? 6:20 collecting what you love 7:50 the sport of book collecting 8:20 collecting American dime novels 8:00 stray from the well-beaten path 9:00 learn everything about your subject 9:15 collecting detective fiction 9:45 creating your master list 10:00 go slow and choose first editions 10:50 what makes a collection valuable? 11:43 collecting Everyman's Library 12:40 John Keats book collection 13:23 collecting a book from every year 14:20 collecting original serialised periodicals 15:10 collecting popular fiction and comics 15:40 collecting Victorian yellow-backs 16:20 poetry chapbook collecting 16:41 good collections have a story 16:50 collecting works with patron dedications 17:20 collecting literary forgeries 18:00 collecting hobby books 18:20 collecting multiple translations 19:00 collecting historic translations into English 19:35 collecting significant biographies 19:50 author-specific collections 20:00 collecting Stephen King books 21:59 collecting Harold Bloom books 23:00 collecting contemporary books 24:45 why collect first editions? 26:00 the philosophy of book collecting 26:20 why collect signed editions? 27:00 should you read your rare books? 27:40 collecting as act of love 28:28 what books would you collect?How to Read Clarissa by Samuel Richardson (10 Tips)Benjamin McEvoy2022-06-01 | ๐ Read Clarissa with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 why read Richardsonโs Clarissa? 3:07 a note on the storyโs mature themes 5:30 Clarissaโs charactersโ inwardness 6:15 history of consciousness in literature 8:10 Clarissa and the epistolary form 9:00 the influence of Clarissa 9:50 how to connect with the first reader 10:40 Clarissa as bingeable soap opera 11:30 the story of Clarissa 13:10 being a reader in the 18th Century 14:10 escapism and the novel 17:40 the rise of the solitary reader 19:30 the power of the circulating library 20:30 the rise of the reading public 23:00 reading Richardson for the sentiment 24:00 the value of vicarious experience 25:50 the epistolary form 28:40 a writing assignment for you 31:20 Richardson vs Fielding & Defoe 33:40 the moral utility of fiction 36:15 rakes and libertines in literature 38:40 meeting Robert Lovelace 39:30 Milton & Shakespeare allusions 40:10 the patriarchal worldview 42:00 duty of daughter to father 44:40 recommend reading pace 46:00 recommended edition of Clarissa 50:00 deep-reading Clarissa together 52:17 well wishes and questions for you๐ Book Vlog - Reading Great Literature in the English CountrysideBenjamin McEvoy2022-05-16 | ๐ Read the Great Books with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ open.spotify.com/show/70IZA248yNVkrjqzDNm6Lt (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ hardcore-university.teachable.com (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Great Expectations: cutt.ly/9ToAybt โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 literature as gateway to art and music 1:30 gardening and great literature 2:00 flowers named after characters 2:50 Coleridge's Ancient Mariner 3:50 the novels of Thomas Hardy 4:30 Thomas Hardy & George Eliot 6:30 how I fell in love with Tess 8:15 reading and the natural world 9:20 Cormac McCarthy on the unconscious 10:00 slow reading vs binge-reading 11:00 the habit of walking in nature 11:50 hiking in the English countryside 12:20 Cormac McCarthy's fanbase 13:30 'True History of the Kelly Gang' 14:00 McCrum's top 100 novels 16:10 secondhand bookstore haul 17:30 Penguin Modern Classics haul 18:00 reading a play a month 19:45 the sublime Moby Dick 20:11 the gothic and horror literature 20:31 Samuel Richardson's Clarissa 22:41 James Joyce's Ulysses 24:00 Marcel Proust & James Joyce 25:11 George Eliot's Middlemarch 26:21 what are you reading right now?How to Create Your Personal Literary Canon (Deep-Reading Assignment)Benjamin McEvoy2022-05-08 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 Kurt Vonnegut's short story reading assignment 3:15 ranking all of Shakespeare, Dickens & Austen 3:50 mindsets for a rewarding reading programme 4:30 what is the literary canon? 6:45 Virginia Woolf's advice to readers 7:20 evaluating the psychic residue after reading 7:40 understanding the universal in the individual 8:20 discovering favourites outside the canon 9:10 the power of allegory, metaphor & microcosm 10:40 why rank and review your books? 11:05 how you see is who you are 12:50 see characters as a reflection of you 14:00 the highest compliment you can pay a writer 14:30 the value of rereading 16:07 the difficulty of choosing favourites 16:45 character and narrative 17:00 how to rank your books 17:15 allegory/vision vs realism 18:00 aesthetic and cognitive challenges 19:00 your bookshelf as physicalisation of soul 20:00 my intimate bookshelf 21:00 reading a writer chronologically 21:40 finding who your loves loved 22:00 McCarthy, Melville, Shakespeare 23:00 art's liberating subjectivity 23:30 principles for deep-reading 25:00 momento mori 25:30 the power of book reviews 26:15 the importance of reading 26:45 who is in your personal canon?Which Translation of Homers Odyssey Should You Read?Benjamin McEvoy2022-04-19 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 how to find your favourite translation 0:45 what makes a good translation? 6:00 how to read Homer 8:28 your lifelong reading assignment 11:00 preparing for the Homer โtaste testโ 12:50 translation one 15:55 translation two 19:15 translation three 22:00 translation four 25:41 translation five 27:49 translation six 30:13 translation seven 32:40 translation eight 34:45 translation nine 37:00 creating your own translation 38:30 which translation is your favourite? 39:40 my personal favouritesHow to Read Platos Republic (10 Tips)Benjamin McEvoy2022-04-11 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 introduction to Plato's Republic 1:30 why read Plato's Republic? 2:00 the importance of deep-reading 3:00 recommended edition of the Republic 3:30 what is Plato's Republic about? 5:00 meeting Socrates 6:00 what is justice? 7:00 what is the Socratic Method? 9:00 democracy & the death of Socrates 10:00 should you agree with Plato? 11:00 Plato and totalitarianism 11:20 Pythagoras & Parmenides 14:00 who were Plato & Socrates? 15:00 Aristophanes on Socrates 16:00 the trial of Socrates 17:00 why was Socrates so important? 18:30 Sparta & the Republic 20:00 the constitution of Sparta 24:30 bringing the dialogues alive 25:30 disagreeing with Plato/Socrates 26:20 how to become a philosopher 27:30 two branches of philosophy 28:40 five types of philosophical exposition 32:00 two stages for approaching a philosopher 32:50 the importance of defining your terms 33:20 Plato's Republic as imaginative literature 34:20 learning to read metaphor 35:00 how to read Utopian Literature 37:00 learning persuasion from Socrates 37:30 pairing Socrates with Sherlock Holmes 38:00 the noble lie of the Republic 40:00 the banishment of Homer 41:20 reading the Republic with a group 42:00 on making your own mind up 42:30 the Plato lecture series 43:50 questions for youThe Great Books of the Western World: Bookshelf TourBenjamin McEvoy2022-04-04 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 the Great Books of the Western World 0:30 Mortimer Adlerโs How to Read a Book 1:10 recommendation for sourcing a set 2:00 the value of a deep-reading program 4:00 the great conversation 5:00 the areas Iโm excited to explore 6:30 showing you the colour-coded set 7:15 Melvilleโs Moby Dick 8:00 Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Shakespeare 8:40 Aristotle, Gibbon, Aquinas 9:00 Cervantesโ Don Quixote 9:20 Milton, Pascal, Darwin, Homer 10:00 the translators of the set 10:30 Aeschylusโ Prometheus Bound 11:00 how to read the great books 12:20 speed-reading vs slow-reading 13:20 taking a long-term approach 14:00 the benefit of a curated program 14:30 the works of science Iโm reading 15:20 the illustrations in Darwin 15:30 who made it into the great books? 16:00 my scriptural reading approachHow to Read Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (10 Tips)Benjamin McEvoy2022-03-31 | ๐ Read Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 introduction to Blood Meridian 3:00 why read this difficult novel? 5:30 my recommended edition 6:30 McCarthyโs prose style 7:30 polysyndeton & Biblical prose 9:20 peripheral reading assignments 10:58 reading the first page together 16:30 reading aloud slowly 17:00 the importance of perseverance 18:30 etymological excavations 20:00 lexis, language & consciousness 21:00 McCarthy & the Santa Fe Institute 22:20 the McCarthyian Metaphor 24:20 the prose-poetry of Blood Meridian 25:58 Judge Holdenโs philosophy 27:00 โWar is Godโ 30:00 the character of the Judge 32:42 Judge Holdenโs war speech 35:10 how to read symbolism 37:00 poetry & dream journals 40:00 the violence of Blood Meridian 41:30 historical analogues & scalp-hunting 43:20 westward expansion 45:20 why read such a violent book? 47:30 the pace of Blood Meridian 48:50 structure & chapter synopses 49:20 McCarthyโs one-sentence 50:30 dialogue, dialect & foreign languages 51:30 Blood Meridian as postmodern novel 53:10 a guide to marginalia 55:00 rereading & recommended pacing 57:30 the benefits of group reading 59:00 let us know your thoughtsAnswering YOUR Questions to Celebrate 10,000 Subscribers (Thank You)Benjamin McEvoy2022-03-20 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 thank you for reading along 0:30 what inspired you to start the book club? 5:00 are you anxious when you recommend books? 7:00 do you know the book schedule for 2023? 7:30 how to find original serialised schedules? 13:20 what writer do you have no interest in studying? 14:45 which book would you like to read for the first time again? 16:00 advice on making time for your reading list? 22:50 how to read an authorโs entire oeuvre? 29:50 when and how did your love of reading develop? 31:40 advice for difficult post-modern novels? 38:38 reconciling art for artโs sake and Nietzsche? 41:30 favourite writer of all time? 42:00 do you like J.R.R. Tolkien? 42:50 which countryโs literature do you most enjoy? 44:45 advice to readers from an Arabic background? โโโโโโโโโโโโ 49:30 what other genres do you spend time with? 51:17 do future writers need to read contemporary fiction? 53:00 are there literary theories you find useful? 55:10 any historical/non-fiction books you enjoyed? 58:20 what specific topic would you wish to deep-dive into? 59:10 could comics be considered great literature? 1:03:19 any recommended jazz albums? 1:04:59 rapid-fire questions 1:05:11 first physical album bought with your own money? 1:05:30 have you thought of starting a podcast? 1:05:40 what makes a great writer great? 1:06:08 whatโs your favourite manga? 1:06:20 favourite guidebook for poetry? 1:06:30 thoughts on Harold Bloomโs student? 1:06:40 Zola, Tale of Genji, and childrenโs literature? 1:07:18 favourite jazz records? 1:07:44 how can I get involved with my cultureโs literature? 1:10:30 three most important books? 1:11:00 do you ever read fantasy and science fiction? 1:11:30 have you read any Arabic Literature? 1:12:10 Dickens or Tolstoy? Dostoyevsky or Tolstoy? 1:13:00 a heartfelt thank you to you allCormac McCarthys Two Secret Novels Revealed - ReactionBenjamin McEvoy2022-03-10 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ https://hardcore-university.teachable... (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 Cormac McCarthy new novels revealed 1:27 preparing for the Blood Meridian Lecture Series 2:00 why Cormac McCarthy is a master writer 2:30 my experience with Blood Meridian 4:12 reading from Blood Meridian 7:47 Cormac McCarthy as greatest living American writer? 8:32 reacting to the two novels revealed 9:00 why this news is so exciting 9:50 Cormac McCarthy's writing routine 10:30 McCarthy's release schedule 11:00 'The Passenger' and 'Stella Maris' 12:00 'The Road' book review 13:00 Cormac McCarthy's bibliography 13:30 how long has McCarthy been writing 'The Passenger'? 14:30 what are the new novels about? 15:00 Cormac McCarthy's Oprah interview 16:00 McCarthy on writing women 16:30 publication date for McCarthy's new books 18:30 McCarthy experimenting with style and theme 20:00 Cormac McCarthy first edition advice 22:00 what are your thoughts?How to Read Great Literature as Scripture (My 7-Stage Approach)Benjamin McEvoy2022-03-02 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 scripture and great literature 1:48 why read literature like this? 3:15 reflection is connection 3:59 introducing my approach 4:35 stage 1: text selection 5:50 if you're reading, it's for you 6:30 my recommendations 8:54 stage 2: scheduling time 10:00 ritual examples 11:57 stage 3: set your intention 12:22 my return to the bible 13:00 bible reading challenges 14:00 the power of intention 16:00 St. Augustine's threefold present 17:14 stage 4: read swiftly 17:42 stage 5: rereading aloud 18:40 two methods of chanting 20:00 visualisation examples 21:00 stage 6: close appreciation 23:00 stage 7: textual interpretation 24:35 bonus stage: think on paper 26:13 who will you read scripturally?10 Unconventional Reading Goals for 2022Benjamin McEvoy2022-02-18 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 my yearly goal-setting tradition 1:09 become an avid "first reader" 4:47 attend lectures in book form 6:50 write your own poetic response 9:10 create a musical soundscape 11:18 visit the theatre of your mind 13:49 take the playwright pilgrimage 14:52 keep a file of characters 17:07 reach out to writers you love 18:38 embark on etymological excavations 19:49 tie your reading into language learning 23:15 what are your reading goals?Literature Im Loving Right Now (& Multiple Reads vs Slow Reading)Benjamin McEvoy2022-02-13 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... 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(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 how I read books 1:00 monogamous reading vs multiple reads 2:30 is it okay to read many books quickly? 4:00 the one Big Read approach 4:50 quantity as a measure of success 5:30 the benefit of slow, deep reading 7:00 deep-reading book club reads 7:55 Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders) 9:42 Voices from Chernobyl (Svetlana Alexievich) 10:03 Klara and the Sun 10:54 Kazuo Ishiguro's oeuvre 11:19 Herman Melville (Library of America) 12:00 an esoteric reading approach 12:40 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 13:30 Oxford World's Classics haul 14:10 Hawthorne, Henry James, Thomas Hobbes 14:35 Aristotle and Plato 14:55 The Hero with a Thousand Faces 15:20 European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages 15:52 Auerbach's Mimesis 16:22 Shakespeare's History Plays 17:24 Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy) 18:00 beautiful limited edition of Blood Meridian 19:00 the Lydia Davis translation of Proust 19:40 the essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson 20:30 a book I have been reading for years 21:00 Eiji Yoshikawa's Musashi 21:43 George Eliot's Middlemarch 22:15 following the original serialised schedule 23:00 the poetry of Hart Crane 23:54 the novels of Thomas Pynchon 24:20 Iris Murdoch and Edith Wharton 24:44 the novels of Haruki Murakami 25:37 books gifted to me from book club members 25:50 The Buddha and the Terrorist 26:00 Lord Chesterfield's Letters to his Son 26:30 the stack of plays I'm working through 27:21 The Master and Margarita (Bulgakov) 27:36 Philip Roth's Sabbath's Theatre 27:57 Their Eyes Were Watching God 28:07 Shakespeare & Dickens 28:22 what are you reading right now?How to Read Moby Dick by Herman Melville (10 Tips)Benjamin McEvoy2022-02-06 | ๐ Read Moby Dick with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature ๐๏ธ open.spotify.com/show/70IZA248yNVkrjqzDNm6Lt (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ https://hardcore-university.teachable.com(Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 Herman Melville & the American tradition 1:10 the reputation of Moby Dick today 2:15 "Call me Ishmael" 4:50 what is your hero's journey? 6:16 Jonah and the whale 8:14 ego deaths and shadow work 8:45 Jung's collective unconscious 10:00 Joseph Campbell and slaying dragons 11:00 the symbolism sea voyages 12:50 Nietzsche & Burke on pain, meaning, memory 13:30 competence & psychosocial development 14:00 existential questions & psychosocial crisis 16:00 whaling, cruelty, and light 17:30 Melville as visionary novelist 18:10 are you Ahab, Ishmael, Queequeg, or the whale? 18:53 recommended editions of Moby Dick 20:00 how to discover meaning 21:00 Melville's literary influences 21:30 etymology & extracts prefacing Moby Dick 23:00 how to integrate biblical wisdom literature 24:00 who is Ishmael? 25:40 recommended pacing for reading Moby Dick 28:30 how to reread great literature 30:00 the importance of reading aloud 30:20 my weekly journalling practice 33:19 keeping a commonplace book 34:00 pairing Melville with Shakespeare 36:30 breaking into the American tradition 38:00 the poetry of Wallace Stevens & Hart Crane 38:50 reading Moby Dick with a group 41:00 the ultimate aim of reading Moby Dick 42:00 reflection questions for youLets Go to the Bookstore Together (Yellow Lighted Bookshop, Tetbury)Benjamin McEvoy2022-01-29 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/about โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ https://open.spotify.com/show/70IZA24... (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ https://hardcore-university.teachable... (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma ๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7 ๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKf โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp ๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt ๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt ๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965c โโโโโโโโโโโโShowing You My Vintage 1890s Shakespeare CollectionBenjamin McEvoy2022-01-25 | ๐ญ How to Produce a Play in the Theatre of Your Mind: cutt.ly/JI8j1dF โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐ Read the Great Books in 2022 with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature ๐ How to Read Hamlet (Banquets of Blood Lecture Series): cutt.ly/cI8jJlq โ๏ธ How to Read King Lear: cutt.ly/0I8ktEW โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐๏ธ open.spotify.com/show/70IZA248yNVkrjqzDNm6Lt (Subscribe to the Hardcore Literature Podcast on iTunes & Spotify) ๐ซ hardcore-university.teachable.com (Hardcore University, Exam Preparation Courses) โ๐ผ benjaminmcevoy.com My Personal Website โโโโโโโโโโโโ Hardcore Literature Lecture Series โโโโโโโโโโโโ ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3 ๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv ๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5 โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b โ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3 ๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi ๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4 โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V ๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3 ๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt โโโโโโโโโโโโ 0:00 the Henry Irving Shakespeare collection 1:45 exploring the collection together 7:35 Love's Labour's Lost 9:00 The Comedy of Errors 9:34 The Two Gentlemen of Verona 10:06 Romeo and Juliet 12:00 King Henry VI (Parts 1, 2, 3) 13:13 The Taming of the Shrew 13:37 A Midsummer Night's Dream 14:49 King Richard II 15:35 King Richard III 16:45 The Merchant of Venice 18:05 King Henry IV (Parts 1 & 2) 19:18 King Henry V 20:01 The Merry Wives of Windsor 20:41 As You Like It 21:08 Twelfth Night 21:30 Much Ado About Nothing 22:44 Allโs Well That Ends Well 23:05 Julius Caesar 24:00 Measure for Measure 24:22 Troilus and Cressida 24:31 Macbeth 25:57 Othello 26:47 Anthony and Cleopatra 27:47 Coriolanus 28:01 King Lear 29:44 Timon of Athens 30:23 Cymbeline 30:44 The Tempest 31:57 Titus Andronicus 32:25 The Winterโs Tale 32:45 Hamlet 34:20 Pericles 34:30 Henry VIII & Two Noble Kinsmen 34:40 Shakespeareโs sonnets & poems 36:20 wrapping up, and questions for you