How to Read Prousts In Search of Lost Time Benjamin McEvoy 2021-05-09 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโHappy reading!Recommended edition & translation of Proust's In Search of Lost Time: amzn.to/3uCiDNuBook Bullet Journal: amzn.to/3bdK2Oq0:00 how to read Proust's In Search of Lost Time0:40 difficulty getting into Proust1:25 choose the right time1:40 the perfect lockdown books2:44 Tolstoy vs Dostoyevsky 3:20 Clarissa, Don Quixote, Les Miserables5:15 how to read slowly6:45 how to journal about Proust 7:30 how to create a practice (morning/evening routines)9:10 only read ~10 pages per sitting10:30 the consciousness-expanding style of Proust11:30 take it page by page13:00 when to read Proust (morning or night?)15:00 how to reread 15:30 In Search of Lost Time = literary art gallery16:45 how to hunt for Easter eggs18:05 the Art History approach to Proust19:45 how to explore rabbit holes in your journal 20:45 the writer-reader collaboration21:00 recap on the Proust Project ethos 23:45 Year of Proust25:00 the Moncrieff-Kilmartin translation26:00 hardback vs paperback (and marginalia)27:00 how to choose the right time for Proust28:00 join the Book Club
How to Read Dantes Inferno Benjamin McEvoy 2024-09-15 | ๐ Read the Great Books with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliteratureโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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-101291574Hardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 abandon all hope ye who enter here0:30 why should you read Danteโs Inferno?1:30 the Supreme Poet of Italian Literature2:30 how to read Danteโs Inferno3:00 is Dante Alighieri a difficult poet?4:00 Divine Comedy as grand allegory5:30 youโre already a master of symbolism6:00 the beginning of Danteโs Inferno7:00 โmidway in the journey of our lifeโ8:00 experiencing midlife spiritual crisis9:30 โI came to myself in a dark woodโ10:00 going through hell to get to heaven11:00 looking your dark side in the face12:00 when is Danteโs Inferno set?12:30 Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso13:00 why is it called The Divine Comedy?13:30 what does descending into hell mean?14:00 recognition, renunciation, reward14:30 journalling, note-making, rereading15:00 do you have to read Dante religiously?15:30 heaven, hell, purgatory as states of mind17:30 Dante the Pilgrim vs Dante the Poet18:30 symbolism of leopard, lion, she-wolf19:30 the influence of Virgilโs Aeneid 20:00 epics of Homer, Virgil, Dante, Milion21:00 Italian vernacular vs Classical Latin 21:30 Virgil as guide in Danteโs Inferno22:30 Danteโs Beatrice as Divine Love24:00 analysing the architecture of hell24:30 understanding the law of contrapasso 25:00 exploring the nine circles of hell25:30 virtuous pagans in Limbo/circle one 26:40 lustful sinners in the second circle28:00 gluttonous sinners in the third circle29:00 greedy sinners in the fourth circle30:30 wrathful sinners in the fifth circle31:30 heretic sinners in the sixth circle32:00 what are the cantos in Danteโs Inferno?34:00 violent sinners in the seventh circle35:00 fraudster sinners in the eight circle36:00 traitor sinners in the ninth circle38:00 cosmology of Danteโs universe38:50 nine spheres of Danteโs paradise39:00 welcome to the darkest depths of hell39:30 Danteโs Satan vs Miltonโs Satan40:20 themes to note for beginning readers41:00 theme of sinfulness in Danteโs Inferno41:30 why was Dante exiled from Florence?42:00 Guelphs vs Ghibellines in medieval Italy43:00 political persecution of Dante Alighieri43:30 what sins was Dante was guilty of?44:00 difference between hell & purgatory45:00 beautiful message at heart of Christianity46:00 what are the seven deadly sins?47:00 how to overcome your personal vices49:00 multiple meanings & inexhaustibility50:00 architectonics & back-illumination51:30 what is the best translation of Dante?53:00 terza rima of Danteโs Divine Comedy54:00 Italian rhyming vs English rhyming54:30 translators as puritans vs cavaliers 56:00 how to choose the right translation57:30 John Ciardiโs translation of Dante1:00:00 translation comparison exercise1:01:40 Hollander translation of Dante1:03:40 Mark Musa translation of Dante1:05:20 Mandelbaum translation of Dante1:07:15 Clive James translation of Dante1:10:00 Danteโs Inferno book club lectures
How to Read Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison Benjamin McEvoy 2024-09-08 | ๐ Read the Great Books with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliteratureโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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-101291574Hardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 why read Song of Solomon? 2:00 Toni Morrisonโs cultural tapestry2:50 why Morrison won the Nobel Prize3:20 Toni Morrison in Oprahโs Bookclub4:30 Song of Solomon lecture series5:00 how to read Song of Solomon5:30 this novel is a lyrical soap opera6:30 welcome to the Southern Gothic7:00 origins and markers of the gothic9:00 the Southern Gothic difference10:30 the Faulknerian in Toni Morrison11:00 OโConnor, McCullers, Williams12:30 Beloved vs Song of Solomon13:00 characters in the Southern Gothic14:00 when is Morrisonโs novel set?14:30 Harlem Renaissance influence 15:00 Civil Rights history of the US16:30 Toni Morrisonโs magical realism17:20 what is magical realism? 20:30 the influence of slave narratives22:00 Toni Morrison vs Ralph Ellison23:00 movement in Song of Solomon24:30 Toni Morrison on slave narratives25:30 the mythology of Flying Africans27:30 metaphor/allegory vs literal belief28:30 motif of flight in Song of Solomon29:30 mythological origin at Igbo Landing31:30 Toni Morrison on mythโs reality33:00 on the names in Song of Solomon34:00 names have the power to tell stories36:00 on language influencing thought36:30 read this novel for the characters 37:30 the characters in Song of Solomon38:30 choosing names from the Bible 39:00 biblical allusion in the novelโs title39:30 meaning of Milkman Deadโs name40:20 reading some exquisite passages43:30 how to break into Song of Solomon44:30 the character of Pilate in the novel45:30 the novelโs discourses on social justice 46:00 readers finding a kindred spirit47:00 โwhen will you stop writing about race?โ50:00 Morrison on Shakespeare and critics51:00 is Toni Morrison a feminist writer?52:30 โI donโt subscribe to patriarchyโ53:00 Toni Morrisonโs intersectionality54:00 is Toni Morrison a marxist writer?55:00 Morrison on writing Black Literature57:00 the social value of great literature58:00 the conversation of canon revision59:00 should art have a social message?1:00:00 Morrisonโs readership as village1:01:00 Toni Morrisonโs political aim1:02:00 appreciating her beautiful foreword1:04:00 make your reading joyfully communal1:05:00 Hardcore Literature book club lectures1:06:00 thank you and happy reading
The 50 Greatest Modern Novels According to Time Magazine - Reaction Benjamin McEvoy 2024-08-17 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliteratureโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 50 greatest modern novels list2:30 what made the top 100? 7:00 novels 50-4512:50 novels 44-4020:00 novels 40-3528:10 novels 34-3033:30 novels 29-2541:00 novels 24-20 46:00 novels 19-1552:20 novels 14-1059:20 novels 9-51:06:00 novels 4-31:10:10 novels 2-11:14:00 your thoughts on the list
How to Read Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace Benjamin McEvoy 2024-07-07 | ๐ Read the Great Books with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliteratureโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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-101291574Hardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโTimestamps:0:00 reading one of the most difficult novels2:00 reading as exchange between consciousnesses 3:45 what is the story of Infinite Jest about? 5:30 the dystopian future of Infinite Jest6:00 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 Academy12:40 David Foster Wallace on tennis13:20 the filmography of James Incandenza15:00 what is the entertainment in Infinite Jest?16:45 is Infinite Jest a prophetic novel? 20:10 Quรฉbรฉcois seperatists/The Wheelchair Assassins22:00 Don Gately/Ennet Recovery House23:40 Joelle van Dyne/Madame Psychosis 25:25 worshipping our corporate masters26:40 we already live in a corporate dystopia28:30 DFW on addiction as religious devotion29:50 do we have the freedom to choose? 31:20 loneliness in comfort and easy pleasure32:40 religious impulse and the death of God33:40 the existential crisis of drug addiction35:15 higher power in the twelve-step program37:00 how do you know youโre addicted?37:50 the essays of David Foster Wallace38:30 David Foster Wallace teaching syllabus39:10 David Foster Wallace and Stephen King40:00 television, pop culture, postmodernism41:10 irony and metafiction vs realism42:00 being addicted to television/social media45:30 rise of the postmodern hero of non-action47:00 how we have lost the desire to think deeply48:00 the battle of short vs long form content49:00 great literature is frequently boring in places50:00 Infinite Jest as antidote to instant gratification 50:40 do you have to read the endnotes? 51:45 jokes, parody and secrets in the endnotes53:00 why you need two bookmarks for Infinite Jest54:00 reading experience is like a tennis match55:30 Infinite Jest as encyclopaedic novel 56:00 self-awareness and active reading57:00 being addicted to obsessive thinking58:00 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 postmodernism1:02:30 relationship between comedy and tragedy1:04:00 sadness and humour of David Foster Wallace1:05:30 Sierpiลski triangle structure in Infinite Jest1:07:00 iceberg theory and deformation in literature1:09:00 DFWโs rationale for structure of Infinite Jest1:10:30 the author-reader relationship in Infinite Jest1:12:00 where does the title Infinite Jest come from? 1:14:00 Shakespeareโs Hamlet parallels in Infinite Jest1:15:30 what is the meaning/point of life? 1:17:30 infinite play within parameters 1:20:00 choosing our freedom and meaning1:21:20 David Foster Wallaceโs tragic end1:22:30 why should you read Infinite Jest?1:23:30 recommended pacing for Infinite Jest1:25:00 the joy of engaging with the book club1:27:00 what is your experience with Infinite Jest?
How to Read The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu Benjamin McEvoy 2024-05-19 | ๐ Read the Great Books with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliteratureโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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-101291574Hardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโTimestamps:0:00 the highest pinnacle of Japanese literature3:00 how to read The Tale of Genji4:00 the difficulty of this masterpiece 6:30 the world of the Shining Prince8:00 cloud-dwellers in Heian Japan9:00 the power of the Fujiwara Clan9:30 meet Lady Murasaki Shikibu10:20 the women of Heian Era Japan11:30 hired wombs, polygamy, political power13:00 architecture, privacy, nighttime world15:30 the influence of Chinese on Heian Japan17:00 masculine vs feminine communication17:50 women and the rise of Japanese literature18:50 spoken language becomes written19:40 Lady Murasaki defines the self in text20:20 the religious beliefs of Heian Japan21:00 Shinto, Taoism, Buddhism25:00 the aesthetics of Heian Japan26:30 the physical beauty of Hikaru Genji28:00 the sadness of natureโs ephemerality30:00 appreciating Lady Murasakiโs poetry32:00 the natural beauty of Japan34:30 the sorrowful atmosphere of Genji37:00 appreciating the characters of Genji38:00 meeting the character Hikaru Genji40:00 otherness, self, literature as Rorschach 41:00 the romantic exploits of Genji42:00 a key to unlocking the narrative43:00 why the story rewards patience 44:00 the Oedipus complex of Genji46:30 the character of Murasaki 49:00 the waka poetry of Heian Japan53:00 the excitement of poetry composition55:00 different Japanese historical eras56:00 the music of Japanese courtiers57:00 is The Tale of Genji really a novel?58:00 real life inspirations for Genji 59:00 the tragic backstory of Lady Murasaki1:00:00 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 readers1:05:00 the organic structure of Genji1:06:00 reading Genji for the sentiment1:07:00 abridged vs full versions of Genji1:08:00 why do we love such long novels?1:09:30 reading Genji with active absorption1:11:00 which translation of Genji is best?1:12:30 puritan vs cavalier translators1:14:30 the Arthur Waley translation1:15:00 the Edward Seidensticker translation1:16:00 the Royall Tyler translation1:17:00 the Dennis Washburn translation1:20:00 Genji Taste Test - Washburn 1:22:00 Genji Taste Test - Waley1:23:00 Genji Taste Test - Tyler 1:23:40 Genji Taste Test - Seidensticker1:24:30 recommended pacing for Genji1:27:00 hardcore literature book club1:29:00 your thoughts on The Tale of Genji?
The 20 Greatest Characters of All Time - Reaction Benjamin McEvoy 2024-05-17 | ๐ Read the Great Books with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliteratureโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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-101291574Hardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7b๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโTimestamps:0:00 who is the greatest character in literature?1:40 CHARACTER 202:30 character reveals itself in action3:00 great characters enter the collective awareness3:40 my current personal reading project4:10 desiring complex characterisation4:50 the best characters become real people5:20 great characters come in pairs5:50 CHARACTER 196:50 Shakespearean inwardness in Austen7:50 the therapeutic value of literature9:20 great characters as reflection of self10:10 learning to appreciate otherness10:40 CHARACTER 1811:20 being shy about our favourite characters12:50 give characters the advice you need13:30 sympathising with characters in turmoil15:00 finding comfort in books during heartbreak16:40 CHARACTER 1717:20 one of my personal favourite lecture series18:20 the greatest writers wrestle with evil20:00 sympathising with the anti-hero20:50 hubris causes one's fall from grace21:30 most interesting and influential characters22:30 CHARACTER 1623:00 the Myers-Briggs personality types24:00 changing with world starts with yourself25:00 disliking characters similar to us25:30 how reading helps you accept yourself26:00 CHARACTER 1526:30 one of my favourite scenes in literature27:20 family history, fiction, biblical myth28:00 great characters are aspirational29:40 CHARACTER 1430:10 strong writers have pantheons of characters30:40 perfect book for scriptural reading31:30 experiencing an epiphany in literature33:00 the wisdom of near death experiences34:00 befriending characters in times of war35:30 the healing power of great literature36:20 CHARACTER 1337:00 ego death, rebirth, hero's journey38:00 vicarious experience and inner quests38:30 how to create complex anti-heroes39:20 CHARACTER 1239:50 reading by candlelight in a power outage40:30 my love of friendships in literature41:00 why we love characters who go on journeys41:50 reading is spending time with old friends42:20 CHARACTER 1142:50 archetypal wise guides in literature43:20 my current reading and walking challenge44:00 strong people who choose to be loving45:10 feeling drawn to wise elder characters46:00: what your favourite characters say about you47:00 identifying with peripheral characters48:00 CHARACTER 1048:50 choosing your madness is creating your reality49:20 identifying with quixotic characters49:40 a comic work that restores me50:30 seeing the world as it ought to be51:00 CHARACTER 951:30 the characters we identify with 52:20 characters who change by talking to each other52:50 CHARACTER 853:20 another powerful creator of characters54:00 identifying with Dostoevsky's characters55:00 the comfort of honest inner monologues56:00 a character who is too real to be fictional56:30 CHARACTER 757:00 the paradox of our personalities57:30 how we change whilst remaining the same58:00 characters who stay with us for decades59:00 CHARACTER 659:30 film adaptations that aren't faithful1:00:00 dividing great characters into two types1:01:30 deep dive biblical exegetical analysis1:02:20 CHARACTER 51:02:50 one of the most frightening characters1:03:30 a powerful ending to a great book1:04:10 CHARACTER 41:04:50 you cannot complete your quest alone1:05:30 courageous characters that comfort us1:06:50 CHARACTER 31:07:30 another intensely aspirational character1:08:10 a character that transcends his shackles1:08:50 great characters are all-encompassing1:10:00 CHARACTER 21:10:30 most popular book club read-throughs1:11:00 a revolutionary character with integrity1:13:00 how we grow alongside great characters1:14:20 CHARACTER 11:15:00 the most powerful creators of character1:15:30 a character who has become real1:16:00 subtext, sympathy, backstory1:17:30 a character whose thoughts are our thoughts1:18:00 my ongoing relationship with this work1:18:30 what book club readers say about this character1:22:20 my personal top seven favourite characters1:29:00 an exciting reading season at the book club1:30:00 who is your personal favourite character?
How to Read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Benjamin McEvoy 2024-04-14 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโTimestamps:0:00 appreciating the novels of Jane Austen1:00 how to read Pride and Prejudice 2:00 the story of Pride and Prejudice3:00 a single man of large fortune3:30 meeting the Bennet family4:00 Mr Bingley and Mr Darcy4:30 meeting Elizabeth Bennett5:00 my appreciation for Mrs Bennet5:20 Bennett estate entailed to Mr Collins6:20 why the stakes are high in this story7:20 the Georgian and Regency era8:00 social pyramid of Jane Austenโs day8:30 why readers dislike Lady Catherine 9:20 understanding the Georgian gentry10:00 what was Jane Austenโs social class?11:15 social tension in Georgian England12:20 awareness of social rank in Austen13:00 understanding the character Mr Collins13:30 on the idea of knowing your place14:00 why is Mr Darcy so rude? 14:50 Jane Austenโs heroines marry for love15:30 the humour of the marriage market16:00 why we love Elizabeth Bennet 17:00 a lady walking through miles of mud17:30 the psychology of regency courtship18:30 on the idea of marrying for love19:00 what it meant to refuse a proposal20:30 what happened to unmarried women?22:00 how to attract a decent regency man22:40 what makes an accomplished woman?23:00 what makes a good woman to Darcy?24:00 how to meet your regency love24:30 the etiquette of the Georgian ballroom25:40 the conduct of courting couples26:00 the good and bad of regency dances26:30 how a gentleman behaves at the ball27:30 what did โcoming outโ mean?28:50 on the youngest Bennett Lydia29:30 when was Pride and Prejudice written?30:30 when was Pride and Prejudice published?30:40 the tragedy of Jane Austenโs early death31:30 how each Austen novels is unique32:00 the voice of a young Jane Austen32:20 on the love life of Jane Austen32:50 Jane Austenโs letters to sister Cassandra33:10 Tom Lefroy, the one who got away34:00 Austenโs novels were her children34:30 Jane Austen and the rise of the novel35:00 what was the reputation of the novel?35:40 defence of the novel in Northanger Abbey 36:40 not ashamed of being a novel reader38:20 the rise of the subscription library39:50 the history of women writers and readers40:30 Shakespeareโs influence on Jane Austen40:50 what writers did Jane Austen read?41:30 Fanny Burneyโs influence on Jane Austen42:00 epistolary novels in the great age of letters43:00 communal reading and reading aloud43:50 on the juvenilia of Jane Austen44:10 Austenโs revolutionary social realism44:40 Austenโs psychologically complex characters45:00 seeing our family in the Bennet family45:30 Sir Walter Scottโs review of Emma46:00 realism vs exciting melodrama46:20 first person vs omniscient narration47:30 when authors behave like characters48:00 what Tolstoy learnt from Jane Austen48:30 Austen pioneers free indirect discourse49:30 appreciating Jane Austenโs ingenuity50:30 nineteen different centres of consciousness51:20 โit is a truth universally acknowledgedโฆโ52:20 recommended adaptation of Pride and Prejudice 53:00 relishing the irony and subtext of Jane Austen54:20 reading exercise for Jane Austen appreciation55:00 male vs female point of view in Austen55:40 how the characters are the story 56:30 how do we define what a character is?57:40 the complexity of Austenโs protagonists59:00 seeing a reflection of ourselves in literature1:00:30 appreciating otherness in Austenโs novels1:01:00 Austen and Moliรจre lectures pacing1:02:00 Pride and Prejudice with the book club1:04:00 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 McEvoy 2024-03-31 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 the tradition of comedy & tragedy1:30 Moliรจre as titan of French Literature3:30 my love for the work of Moliรจre4:30 how to appreciate the plays of Moliรจre5:00 on the history of French theatre6:00 drama in the age of King Louis XIV7:00 Jean-Baptiste Poquelinโs acting career8:00 comic with the heart of a tragedian8:30 neoclassical revival of the ancients10:30 French Renaissance rules for theatre11:00 alexandrines & French poetry12:00 tragic conventions & Corneilleโs Le Cid13:00 what was French Renaissance theatre like?13:30 classical unities of action, time & place14:30 the value of working within a framework15:30 dramatic rules from L'Acadรฉmie franรงaise16:30 difference between tragedy & comedy17:50 the influence of Commedia dellโarte18:40 Scaramouche & improvisational comedy20:00 masks/stock types from Italian theatre20:50 difference between high & low comedy21:20 the art of Moliรจreโs character creation23:30 singular ruling passion of his characters24:30 the liberation of recognising ourselves26:00 William Shakespeare vs Moliรจre26:40 understanding the time of Moliรจre28:20 a tumultuous era in French History29:40 King Louis XIV at the Palace of Versailles31:00 how the Sun King controlled the nobles32:40 Kingโs brother as patron of Moliรจreโs troupe33:30 why the critics attacked Moliรจre34:30 Moliรจre discovers his talent for comedy35:30 Sganarelle in The Imaginary Cuckold36:00 Moliรจreโs understanding of jealousy38:00 making the audience recognise themselves38:50 Jean-Baptiste finds freedom on the stage40:00 Les Prรฉcieuses ridicules causes outrage40:50 satirising the age of the refined salon42:00 โStop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief!โ43:30 Moliรจreโs mockery of refined society44:30 banned for being deeply offensive46:00 The School for Wives & the Comic War47:00 Moliรจreโs satire offends high society50:00 how the criticism fuelled Moliรจre51:00 tuberculosis, depression, hypochondria52:00 what was Moliรจreโs acting like?52:30 the scandal caused by Tartuffe54:00 Moliรจre satirises religious hypocrisy55:00 โYes, Brother, I am a wicked man, I fearโ57:00 Tartuffe is banned by the authorities59:00 the character of Alceste in The Misanthrope1:02:00 โthe friend of mankind is no friend of mineโ1:04:00 Moliรจre fights to get Tartuffe onstage1:06:00 the great playwrightโs tragic death1:07:00 Moliรจre changed the world of comedy1:08:00 recommended translation of Moliรจre1:09:00 appreciating Richard Wilburโs Moliรจre1:10:00 discussing the Moliรจre lecture series1:12:00 exciting upcoming book club content1:12:20 what is your experience with Moliรจre?
How to Read The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Benjamin McEvoy 2024-02-25 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 how to read The Master and Margarita1:52 secret writing, censorship & publication4:17 โmanuscripts donโt burnโ5:16 why tyrannical regimes ban books5:55 Bulgakov burns his first draft7:00 the power of allegorical literature8:20 how to appreciate great satire9:00 Russian vs Western readers10:00 the writerโs life in the Soviet Union13:00 Bulgakovโs struggle with addiction14:00 atheism & visions of the devil15:00 โA Country Doctorโs Notebookโ15:30 Bulgakovโs favourite writers16:55 opening of The Master and Margarita18:20 Berlioz, Homeless & Massolit18:50 on the Soviet literary scene20:00 understanding socialist realism20:50 the battle of art vs propaganda22:00 terror in the Soviet Union23:20 Solzhenitsynโs Gulag Archipelago24:50 why writers would disappear26:00 most dangerous writer in Moscow27:20 interrogated by the secret police29:15 Stalin loves Bulgakovโs play30:00 banned, censored & abused30:50 the writerโs wish to leave the USSR31:30 Bulgakov falls in love with Elena33:00 Bulgakov burns his manuscript34:30 Stalinโs phone call with Bulgakov37:00 on tyrannical control of art39:40 Bulgakovโs visions of the devil40:30 relationship between good & evil41:20 epigraph for The Master and Margarita41:50 in the influence of Goetheโs Faust43:00 making a deal with the devil43:55 the character of Professor Woland44:45 debating the historicity of Jesus45:55 the devilโs fantastical retinue46:55 Bulgakovโs three narrative strands49:45 the novelโs different aesthetic styles51:00 Jesus/Yeshua & Pontius Pilate52:30 Bulgakovโs defamiliarisation54:00 which translation should you read?58:25 recommended pace for Bulgakov1:02:15 exciting book club discussions1:03:20 your experience with Bulgakov?
Reading One-Star Reviews of My Favourite Books Benjamin McEvoy 2024-01-31 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 one-star reviews of my favourite books2:52 Gravityโs Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon10:54 The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky21:22 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontรซ26:21 East of Eden - John Steinbeck30:57 The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas36:18 Dracula - Bram Stoker38:47 A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens41:11 Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison43:54 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen47:18 Paradise Lost - John Milton50:50 what did you make of the reviews?
How to Read the Poetry of Walt Whitman (Song of Myself Appreciation) Benjamin McEvoy 2024-01-13 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 the poetry of Walt Whitman1:50 โyou may contribute a verseโ4:15 appreciating โSong of Myselfโ5:55 โI celebrate myself, and sing myselfโ6:55 Whitman as controversial poet7:30 poem as sublime American epic8:30 poetic exploration of self-love9:30 Whitmanโs poet-reader relationship10:45 is Whitman the father of free verse?11:20 Walt Whitmanโs biblical cadence13:15 Whitmanโs religious skepticism14:20 Whitmanโs celebration of the flesh16:00 breaking free from sin and guilt17:30 on making the senses heroic18:00 โI loafe and invite my soulโ19:30 reminder to appreciate nature20:00 three psychic agencies of self20:30 โI am large, I contain multitudesโ21:10 rebirth after a midlife crisis22:00 the poet of the nation is born22:30 Whitman embraces the natural world24:45 the sensual spirituality of Whitman26:30 where shall wisdom be found?27:30 possessing the origin of all poems28:20 Whitman teaches us to see truly29:00 focusing on the present moment30:00 on American transcendentalism30:45 the unification of body and soul31:20 Walt Whitmanโs epic catalogues32:00 our problems are not our true selves33:30 the question of โwhat is the grass?โ35:00 Walt Whitmanโs prolific decade35:30 on multiple meanings in poetry36:10 what does โLeaves of Grassโ mean?38:00 โlook for me under your boot-solesโ39:50 liberating cycles of death and rebirth40:30 how to read a poem for the first time41:15 reading the divine signs in nature42:00 โthe beautiful uncut hair of gravesโ42:45 โall goes onward and outwardโ43:00 Whitmanโs love for humanity44:45 Whitman on abolition of slavery45:20 โI Sing the Body Electricโ48:00 Whitman during the Civil War48:30 Whitmanโs poems for President Lincoln49:30 expressing the thoughts of all men51:30 music for the conquered and slain52:45 the healing power of Whitman53:20 on rereading your favourite parts55:00 the miracle of touching and feeling55:50 โall truths wait in all thingsโ56:00 the aim with aesthetic criticism56:30 how to read poetry sensitively57:00 โonly what nobody denies is soโ58:20 Whitman on living with the animals1:00:00 Whitman sends us into nature1:01:00 how to truly apprehend God1:02:30 are you able to love yourself?1:03:30 the ending of โSong of Myselfโ1:04:30 โI sound my barbaric yawpโฆโ1:05:10 โI stop somewhere waiting for youโ1:05:40 expressing my gratitude for you1:06:30 your thoughts on Walt Whitman?
How to Read East of Eden by John Steinbeck Benjamin McEvoy 2024-01-06 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 how to read Steinbeckโs East of Eden2:20 novel as grand biblical allegory3:20 what do we mean by symbolism?4:00 unlocking the power of our unconscious4:30 what do we mean by allegory?5:25 psychologically complex symbol people6:30 keys to interpreting Steinbeckโs message8:00 a focusing exercise for your reading8:50 the universal story of Cain and Abel9:20 the power of the beginning of Genesis10:00 Adam, Eve, and the fall of mankind11:45 banished from the Garden of Eden12:50 thinking about the serpent seed theory13:30 reading the Cain and Abel story together15:30 โam I my brotherโs keeper?โ16:20 advice for how to read the Bible17:00 locating Steinbeckโs title in Genesis17:50 Cain and Abel in East of Eden18:20 how Steinbeck builds family saga19:20 John Steinbeckโs sweeping canvas20:40 is evil a product of nature or nurture?21:20 Steinbeck reflects upon the past22:10 tone of voice in East of Eden23:20 Steinbeck addressing his sons24:50 the value of telling family stories27:00 Steinbeckโs conversational history27:30 Cal and Aron in East of Eden28:20 the charactersโ self-awareness30:00 symbol story for the human soul31:00 Steinbeckโs biblical exegesis32:30 universal story of good vs evil33:25 on the seven basic plots34:45 the universal in the individual35:40 Steinbeckโs voice and prose style36:50 how Steinbeck wrote East of Eden38:00 why Steinbeck found the novel difficult38:45 on expressing the inexpressible40:00 how to read the chapters mindfully41:00 natural world vs human drama42:00 appreciating the American Sublime44:00 great literature gifts us perspective45:00 relishing the opening of East of Eden47:00 how to charge language with meaning48:00 โWhen people first came to the Westโ49:00 the influence of Ernest Hemingway51:00 Harold Bloomโs Anxiety of Influence52:20 Ernest Hemingway vs John Steinbeck54:00 great literature is sublimated pain55:00 Steinbeckโs life at time of writing57:00 John Steinbeck vs the critics58:45 winning the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize59:30 โliterature is as old as speechโ1:00:40 reading pace for East of Eden1:03:00 some questions for your reading
Revealing the Book Club Schedule for 2024 (Hardcore Literature) Benjamin McEvoy 2023-11-30 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 looking back over this year1:42 the benefits of a deep reading program4:45 revealing the schedule for 202444:20 long-term reading projects52:52 thank you for reading with usโโโโโโโโโโโโ
How to Read Gravitys Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon Benjamin McEvoy 2023-11-18 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 how to read Gravityโs Rainbow1:00 great books are inexhaustible1:40 why read Gravityโs Rainbow?2:30 Pynchonโs postmodern masterpiece3:56 reading Pynchon as a community4:44 the difficulty of Gravityโs Rainbow7:56 Pynchonโs encyclopaedic novel8:32 the story of Gravityโs Rainbow8:50 the V2 vs V1 rockets in WWII10:00 life during the London Blitz12:44 gallows humours in times of war13:25 on fear of death in WWII15:00 atomic fear and Cold War anxieties16:33 first epigraph for Gravityโs Rainbow17:13 who was Werner Von Braun?19:20 paranoia in novel form21:27 reader relationship with Pynchon22:25 characters in Gravityโs Rainbow23:00 the character of Tyrone Slothrop24:00 central plot line for Gravityโs Rainbow25:00 the Pulitzerโs reaction to Pynchon25:45 experiments in classical conditioning28:15 reversal of cause and effect30:00 meaning of Gravityโs Rainbowโs title30:37 the quest of Tyrone Slothrop32:00 repression and religious allegory33:19 the line between life and death34:27 how we deny our mortality35:00 Time Magazineโs review of the book36:30 attaining freedom through play37:55 why did Pynchon write this book?38:48 humour in Gravityโs Rainbow40:00 Pynchon works on the unconscious40:30 literature as coping mechanism41:00 the rocket threatening all of us42:35 the reputation of Gravityโs Rainbow43:22 James Joyce and Thomas Pynchon44:10 Thomas Pynchonโs cult following44:33 Pynchon as โreclusiveโ writer45:10 Gravityโs Rainbow first published46:00 why is Gravityโs Rainbow difficult?46:50 modernism vs postmodernism48:40 collapsing high and low culture49:20 pastiche, parody, and irony50:15 two kinds of Pynchon reader50:45 metafiction in postmodernism51:40 strange loops and paradoxes53:10 companion to Gravityโs Rainbow53:50 dealing with Pynchonโs allusions54:10 reading Pynchon with a community54:52 active reading and marginalia55:30 confusion is preface to understanding57:00 proposed pacing for Gravityโs Rainbow58:15 some words of encouragement1:00:00 your relationship with this book?
Answering YOUR Questions to Celebrate 100,000 Subscribers (Thank You) Benjamin McEvoy 2023-11-08 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 thank you for reading along0:47 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 all
How to Read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontรซ Benjamin McEvoy 2023-10-01 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliteratureโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 why read Charlotte Brontรซโs Jane Eyre?2:00 on the first reading experience3:00 making the acquaintance of Currer Bell5:00 fiction as a lie that tells the truth6:00 getting to know the Brontรซ sisters 8:00 life in the village of Haworth9:00 poems of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell10:00 how the Brontรซs created their own worlds12:00 reading the Bronte sisters collectively13:00 composition and publication of Jane Eyre14:00 Charlotte Brontรซ keeps her identity secret16:00 โallow me to introduce you to Jane Eyreโ17:00 โwhen we are struck at without a reasonโฆโ18:00 channeling romantic longings into art20:00 unrequited love in Charlotte Brontรซโs letters24:00 Charlotte Brontรซ biography recommendations26:00 comparing Rochester and Heathcliff 27:00 reading and writing as vicarious experience28:00 the rich imagination of Charlotte Brontรซ30:00 on the gothic elements in Jane Eyre 32:00 gothic, secrets, and antiquated spaces33:00 Edward Rochester as byronic protagonist 35:00 influence of the Romantics on Brontรซ36:00 Brontรซโs desire to create a plain heroine39:00 sympathising with the central protagonist41:00 โmillions are in silent revolt against their lotโ44:00 the novelโs powerful cry for equality 45:00 connecting to the quest for self identity46:00 governesses, marriage, and self-mastery48:00 orphan status and the human condition50:00 relationship between reader and writer51:00 the heroineโs psychological complexity 53:00 โconventionality is not moralityโฆโ54:00 violating every code human and divine55:00 recommended editions of Jane Eyre 56:00 the theme and structure of Jane Eyre57:00 recommended reading pace for Jane Eyre59:00 Jane Eyre as immersive reading experience1:00:00 thank you and preparatory questions for you
How to Read Paradise Lost by John Milton Benjamin McEvoy 2023-08-31 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliteratureโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 how to read Miltonโs Paradise Lost2:30 the story of the fall of Satan3:45 on the fall of mankind4:30 knowledge of good and evil5:30 Paradise Lost and the Bible7:00 the splendour of Miltonโs language8:00 the importance of reading aloud9:20 appreciating the poem as closet drama10:30 how Milton composed the poem11:30 imagination and memorisation12:40 the politics of John Milton14:20 blind poet invokes divine light17:45 โof manโs first disobedienceโ20:20 rhyme as invention of barbarous age22:40 words invented by John Milton23:45 Miltonsโ anxiety of influence25:40 the romance of Adam and Eve26:00 the poetโs radical religious beliefs27:00 eating habits of Miltonโs angels28:00 predestination vs free will31:00 Satan gazing upon Paradise35:00 Eve discourses with Adam36:45 Satan as centre of Paradise Lost38:00 the influence of Miltonโs Satan39:00 on Milton and Shakespeare40:00 Miltonโs sympathy for the devil41:30 โhurled headlong flamingโ42:50 โall is not lost; the unconquerable willโ44:20 suggested reading pace for Milton47:20 recommended editions of Paradise Lost50:00 a practical approach to reading the poem51:00 some questions for you
The Booker Prize Longlist for 2023 - Reaction Benjamin McEvoy 2023-08-13 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliteratureโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 the Booker Prize longlist1:00 thoughts on prize lists3:00 contemporary vs classic books8:00 about this year's longlist10:15 who are this year's judges?14:00 reacting to the longlist14:20 The House of Doors17:00 The Bee Sting19:19 Western Lane20:20 In Ascension21:20 Prophet Song23:02 All the Little Bird-Hearts23:12 Pearl 25:27 This Other Eden27:17 How to Build a Boat28:17 If I Survive You29:31 Study for Obedience30:30 Old God's Time31:29 A Spell of Good Things32:38 what will make the shortlist?33:20 my personal favourite book33:40 what readers think of the Booker36:00 love for Tan Twan Eng37:40 knowing Martin MacInnes 38:45 the value of prize lists40:00 on never-ending TBR lists41:19 the Irish writers on the list41:45 disillusioned with the Booker?44:10 attempting to read the longlist45:45 what is the judging criteria?46:40 posterity as most accurate prize48:00 on reading other prizes49:19 reading the best of the best50:00 the Nobel Prize for Literature51:04 thinking about the shortlist51:28 on quality over quantity 54:00 expressing my gratitude for you53:20 your thoughts on the longlist?54:40 works we're reading at the book club56:00 thank you and happy reading
How to Journal on Great Literature (My Marginalia & Rereading Process) Benjamin McEvoy 2023-08-01 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliteratureโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 how to journal on great literature0:45 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 practice
How to Read The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Benjamin McEvoy 2023-07-02 | ๐ Read The Count of Monte Cristo with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliteratureโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 why read The Count of Monte Cristo2:30 how to choose the right translation4:00 on the Robin Buss Penguin translation5:00 the influential anonymous translation6:00 Bussโ approach to translating Dumas9:00 translation comparison taste-test13:00 the first readers of Alexandre Dumas14:00 on the storyโs serialised publication15:00 the benefits of delayed gratification17:00 the golden age of serial literature18:00 Monte Cristoโs publication history19:00 Alexandre Dumasโ writing process20:00 collaborators in the fiction factory21:00 Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet21:30 Alexandre Dumasโ historical frames22:30 how to pace your reading of this book24:00 how to appreciate great storytelling25:00 studying popular imaginative literature26:00 the influence of romance stories27:00 on Classicism vs Romanticism28:00 protect yourself from plot spoilers29:00 why do we read great literature?30:00 how to befriend Alexandre Dumas31:00 meeting the great writerโs father32:00 on Napoleon and French History33:00 inspiration from the real life Monte Cristo35:00 Dumasโ love of Shakespeareโs Hamlet36:00 how Dumas originally began the story37:00 relating to the pain of Edmond Dantรจs38:00 appreciating the character of Abbรฉ Faria39:00 how to bring yourself to the story40:00 on the themes of revenge and justice42:00 on the power of communal reading
How to Read J. R. R. Tolkiens The Lord of The Rings Benjamin McEvoy 2023-05-29 | ๐ Explore the world of J.R.R. Tolkien with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliteratureโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 the enduring power of Tolkienโs storytelling1:20 on the popularity of J.R.R. Tolkien3:30 invention as a process of rediscovery5:00 how Tolkien sparks our love of literature6:00 lecture series on the world of Tolkien7:00 the invented languages of J.R.R. Tolkien8:00 why should we embrace a love of words?9:00 history of language is a history of people10:30 how Tolkien began creating languages11:30 two approaches to language creation13:00 creating a home for oneโs languages15:30 on the illusion of historicity16:30 language creation in the 20th century18:00 Tolkienโs personal language aesthetic19:00 most important parts of language creation20:00 the elvish languages of Quenya and Sindarin20:30 Tolkien reciting โNamรกriรซโ (Galadrielโs Lament)21:00 sound symbolism in Tolkienโs languages22:00 โElen sรญla lรบmennโ omentielvoโ23:30 the songs of The Lord of the Rings25:00 how Tolkien created beautiful languages28:30 Tolkien and the English language29:30 on uniting literature and language33:00 celebrating our love of old lore35:00 moral teaching vs moral allegories37:00 Tolkien and the First World War38:00 creating a national mythology for England41:00 Tolkien and Victorian Arthuriana43:00 nostalgia and ecological comments45:00 on quests and the heroโs journey47:00 โI wish it need not have happened in my timeโ48:00 how do we define a great hero?50:00 on finding the courage already within us51:30 time to answer the call to adventure
How to Read Great Literature in Serialised Form Benjamin McEvoy 2023-04-16 | ๐ Read the Great Books with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliteratureโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 the serialisation of Charles Dickens1:30 engaging with the first reader3:00 the rewards of delayed gratification 4:45 how to live the great books5:55 introducing time to your reading6:30 life-changing reading experiences7:30 when characters become friends8:14 how reading keeps us living9:42 my anxiety of belatedness 10:45 how rereading reflects change12:50 the power of symbolic pauses14:00 special author reading projects15:00 following original serialisations15:42 reading Dickens over the long term16:38 Master Humphrey's Clock18:30 the joy of slow reading & rereading19:14 The Old Curiosity Shop 21:39 some questions for you
How to Read Dostoyevskys The Brothers Karamazov Benjamin McEvoy 2023-03-24 | ๐ Read Dostoyevsky with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliteratureโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 how to read The Brothers Karamazov1:41 the history of Dostoyevskyโs masterpiece2:23 Freud on Dostoyevskyโs novel3:09 famous fans of The Brothers Karamazov3:52 treat the novel as philosophical dialogue4:40 the characters of Dostoyevsky6:30 polyphonics & composing in voices7:41 how to converse with Dostoyevsky8:38 the theme of fathers & sons9:22 Dostoyevskyโs personal tragedy11:00 the social concerns of Dostoyevsky12:45 parricide at the heart of the novel13:40 all Karamazovs are the same15:21 the Golden Era of Russia Literature17:50 on Dostoyevskyโs exile18:37 learning about Dostoyevskyโs life19:07 Christ vs the Grand Inquisitor22:50 on the burden of free will25:00 the power of divine love29:00 reason vs religious faith33:11 treat the novel as spiritual vision34:40 Dostoyevskyโs biblical allusions37:10 on the King James Bible39:00 Dostoyevsky and religion41:30 novel as imperative to divinely love43:20 the best translation of Dostoyevsky45:01 pacing your reading of this novel46:50 share your reading with others47:45 meaningful reading & living great books48:10 thank you & questions for you
Reading One-Star Reviews of My Favourite Books Benjamin McEvoy 2023-02-12 | ๐ Read the Great Books with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybtโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 one-star reviews of my favourite books 1:58 Moby Dick by Herman Melville15:08 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 20:10 Persuasion by Jane Austen 26:11 Les Misรฉrables by Victor Hugo29:13 War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 38:30 Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontรซ43:25 Ulysses by James Joyce 51:52 thank you for being here
How to Read Tolstoys War and Peace Benjamin McEvoy 2023-01-01 | ๐ Read Tolstoy's War and Peace with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliteratureโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 how to read Tolstoyโs War and Peace2:07 how to pace your reading of War and Peace3:00 on sublimity, the epic, and grand5:00 reading pace & habit creation7:17 War and Peace reading milestones9:13 how to make your reading rewarding10:07 an ultra-slow reading option11:02 choosing your translation of War and Peace12:21 the Anthony Briggs translation14:55 the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation15:40 the Maude & Garnett translations16:39 how to befriend the characters18:10 why Tolstoyโs characters are extraordinary21:57 how to remember character names25:12 the importance of looking things up26:01 giving yourself the gift of history27:00 learning about Napoleon29:30 Tolstoyโs meditations on warfare31:30 how to learn about history33:40 Tolstoyโs thoughts on history38:03 how to understand Tolstoyโs art39:07 the Tolstoic prose style42:10 what is War and Peace?45:45 appreciating adaptations48:34 journalling & marginalia50:27 the importance of discussion52:03 some questions for you
Revealing the Book Club Schedule for 2023 (Hardcore Literature) Benjamin McEvoy 2022-11-27 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliteratureโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 looking back over this year2:38 the benefits of a deep reading program4:13 revealing the schedule for 202327:14 long-term reading projects35:29 thank you for reading with us
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy (Book Review) Benjamin McEvoy 2022-11-25 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ
Answering YOUR Questions to Celebrate 50,000 Subscribers (Thank You) Benjamin McEvoy 2022-11-12 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 thank you for reading along0:30 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 all
12 Terrifying Short Tales To Give You Nightmares Benjamin McEvoy 2022-10-16 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 introducing our literary vintages 1:08 horror vs terror 2:47 three flavours of horror 4:52 diving into the recommendations5:32 โThe Sandmanโ6:00 the power of the uncanny7:47 willing suspension of disbelief9:41 โThe Great God Panโ10:42 magic vs science 12:40 โThe Lost Stradivariusโ14:00 the haunting power of music17:00 โDr Jekyll and Mr Hydeโ18:00 the monster lurking within 19:30 Freud and Gothic literature20:13 โThe Horlaโ 21:15 the fear of madness 24:15 on counting our ghosts 25:54 Paterโs โMona Lisaโ28:15 โBecause I could not stop for Deathโ31:03 โThe Vampyreโ 33:10 โThe Turn of the Screwโ34:40 suspense and serialisation35:40 being an active reader 36:15 โThe Birdsโ 38:12 โThe Lotteryโ40:00 โThe Monkeyโs Pawโ42:07 let us know your recommendations
The 50 Greatest Books of All Time - Reaction Benjamin McEvoy 2022-09-03 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliteratureโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 the 50 greatest books list 1:22 books 50-458:58 books 44-4016:13 books 40-35 22:24 books 34-3025:56 books 29-2530:56 books 24-2035:18 books 19-1539:37 books 14-1043:37 books 9-548:50 books 4-351:06 books 2-155:52 my thoughts on this list
How to Motivate Yourself to Read (20 Tips & Mindsets) Benjamin McEvoy 2022-08-20 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliteratureโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 how to read more books0:30 confusion is prologue to understanding6:25 curate your bedside reading stack9:29 take artist dates to secondhand bookstores15:22 gift books to those you love 19:27 have a one-page reading quota22:56 read poetry every day of your life25:46 pair walking with listening to literature28:39 draft your bakers dozen every year32:44 1x language learning project per year36:35 embrace commentaries and guides39:11 1x author speciality project per year42:19 befriend the biggies 45:03 schedule artistic cross-pollination47:15 make a list of books you wonโt read49:12 discern the personality type of characters50:27 keep a file of favourite narrative devices51:09 read fiction as though itโs non-fiction51:52 change the lens through which you read52:56 read with great passion 43:17 happy reading
Answering YOUR Questions to Celebrate 20,000 Subscribers (Thank You) Benjamin McEvoy 2022-07-31 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 thank you for reading along0:40 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 all
How to Read Ulysses by James Joyce (10 Tips) Benjamin McEvoy 2022-07-11 | ๐ Read James Joyce's Ulysses with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliteratureโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 how to read Ulysses by James Joyce2:00 Ulysses is a reflection of your reading4:00 on the importance of taking your time6:00 Homer, Shakespeare & Joyce7:00 passive reading & single meanings9:00 allusion hunting assignment9:40 โIneluctable modality of the visibleโ11:00 Proteus & stream-of-consciousness12:00 read Ulysses for Joyceโs language13:37 listening and reading aloud14:30 the musicality of Ulysses16:30 the Sirens episode of Ulysses18:30 reading Ulysses like a poem19:20 mythic and aesthetic crib notes20:00 collect your favourite sections20:40 the Homeric parallels in Ulysses22:00 my first experience with Ulysses22:20 the opening episode (Telemachus)23:44 one of my personal favourite sections24:26 Stephenโs theory of Hamlet26:10 experiencing otherness in literature26:51 the oxen of the sun27:48 Marilyn Monroeโs reading of โPenelopeโ29:09 the story and characters of Ulysses30:00 June 16th 1904, Bloomsday31:31 Trieste-Zรผrich-Paris, 1914-192132:10 Dubliners, and Joyce's Portrait33:02 irony in the micro becoming the epic33:57 the name Stephen Daedalus34:54 meeting Leopold โPoldyโ Bloom35:50 what Joyceโs characters represent36:26 approach Ulysses with a sense of joy37:12 celebrating Irish humour37:53 using Joyceโs other works as entrance38:10 James Joyceโs Dubliners38:40 my favourite stories from Dubliners40:00 read Joyce to understand Modernism40:20 what is Modernism in literature?44:18 T. S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf & James Joyce45:00 content vs form, or style vs substance45:30 the censorship of Joyceโs Ulysses47:52 Joyceโs love letters to Nora Barnacle48:18 the controversial Nausicaa episode50:22 which edition of Ulysses is the best?50:59 Ulysses serialisation in the Little Review52:40 the 1922 edition of Ulysses54:00 Eduardo Arroyoโs illustrated Ulysses55:25 read Joyceโs Ulysses with a group57:45 well wishes for your Joyce Journey58:06 some questions for you
Do Audiobooks Count as Reading? Benjamin McEvoy 2022-07-03 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 the good old days of audiobooks3:00 is listening the same as reading?3:40 is reading better than listening?4:20 listening and the oral tradition5:00 the rise of the solitary reader5:30 Joyce and the evolution of language6:20 oral cultures and reading around the world7:30 Samuel Richardson's Clarissa 8:20 the Brontรซ sisters and Charles Dickens10:20 reading George Eliot's Middlemarch11:00 is Shakespeare poetry or performance?13:00 listening and reading simultaneously14:30 lectures and the hybrid approach 15:20 visual vs auditory learners16:00 reading philosophy with a pen16:25 my concluding thoughts 16:35 questions for you
How to Start Book Collecting as a Hobby Benjamin McEvoy 2022-06-16 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 a rare bookstore visit1:10 my latest first edition2:20 how to start book collecting3:00 three prerequisites for collecting3:20 book collections as investments 4:00 finding your personal passion4:40 should you collect Shakespeare?6:20 collecting what you love 7:50 the sport of book collecting8:20 collecting American dime novels 8:00 stray from the well-beaten path9:00 learn everything about your subject9:15 collecting detective fiction9:45 creating your master list 10:00 go slow and choose first editions10:50 what makes a collection valuable?11:43 collecting Everyman's Library12:40 John Keats book collection13:23 collecting a book from every year14:20 collecting original serialised periodicals15:10 collecting popular fiction and comics15:40 collecting Victorian yellow-backs 16:20 poetry chapbook collecting 16:41 good collections have a story 16:50 collecting works with patron dedications17:20 collecting literary forgeries18:00 collecting hobby books18:20 collecting multiple translations 19:00 collecting historic translations into English 19:35 collecting significant biographies 19:50 author-specific collections20:00 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 collecting26:20 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 McEvoy 2022-06-01 | ๐ Read Clarissa with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 why read Richardsonโs Clarissa?3:07 a note on the storyโs mature themes5:30 Clarissaโs charactersโ inwardness 6:15 history of consciousness in literature 8:10 Clarissa and the epistolary form 9:00 the influence of Clarissa9:50 how to connect with the first reader10:40 Clarissa as bingeable soap opera11:30 the story of Clarissa13:10 being a reader in the 18th Century14:10 escapism and the novel17:40 the rise of the solitary reader19:30 the power of the circulating library 20:30 the rise of the reading public23:00 reading Richardson for the sentiment24:00 the value of vicarious experience25:50 the epistolary form28:40 a writing assignment for you31:20 Richardson vs Fielding & Defoe33:40 the moral utility of fiction 36:15 rakes and libertines in literature38:40 meeting Robert Lovelace 39:30 Milton & Shakespeare allusions40:10 the patriarchal worldview 42:00 duty of daughter to father 44:40 recommend reading pace 46:00 recommended edition of Clarissa50:00 deep-reading Clarissa together52:17 well wishes and questions for you
๐ Book Vlog - Reading Great Literature in the English Countryside Benjamin McEvoy 2022-05-16 | ๐ Read the Great Books with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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)โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oD๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Great Expectations: cutt.ly/9ToAybtโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 literature as gateway to art and music1:30 gardening and great literature 2:00 flowers named after characters2:50 Coleridge's Ancient Mariner3:50 the novels of Thomas Hardy4:30 Thomas Hardy & George Eliot6:30 how I fell in love with Tess 8:15 reading and the natural world9:20 Cormac McCarthy on the unconscious10:00 slow reading vs binge-reading11:00 the habit of walking in nature11:50 hiking in the English countryside12:20 Cormac McCarthy's fanbase 13:30 'True History of the Kelly Gang'14:00 McCrum's top 100 novels16:10 secondhand bookstore haul17:30 Penguin Modern Classics haul18:00 reading a play a month19:45 the sublime Moby Dick20:11 the gothic and horror literature20:31 Samuel Richardson's Clarissa22:41 James Joyce's Ulysses 24:00 Marcel Proust & James Joyce25:11 George Eliot's Middlemarch26:21 what are you reading right now?
How to Create Your Personal Literary Canon (Deep-Reading Assignment) Benjamin McEvoy 2022-05-08 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliteratureโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 Kurt Vonnegut's short story reading assignment3:15 ranking all of Shakespeare, Dickens & Austen3:50 mindsets for a rewarding reading programme4:30 what is the literary canon?6:45 Virginia Woolf's advice to readers 7:20 evaluating the psychic residue after reading7:40 understanding the universal in the individual8:20 discovering favourites outside the canon9:10 the power of allegory, metaphor & microcosm10:40 why rank and review your books?11:05 how you see is who you are12:50 see characters as a reflection of you14:00 the highest compliment you can pay a writer14:30 the value of rereading 16:07 the difficulty of choosing favourites 16:45 character and narrative 17:00 how to rank your books17:15 allegory/vision vs realism 18:00 aesthetic and cognitive challenges19:00 your bookshelf as physicalisation of soul20:00 my intimate bookshelf 21:00 reading a writer chronologically 21:40 finding who your loves loved 22:00 McCarthy, Melville, Shakespeare23:00 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 McEvoy 2022-04-19 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 how to find your favourite translation0:45 what makes a good translation?6:00 how to read Homer8:28 your lifelong reading assignment11:00 preparing for the Homer โtaste testโ12:50 translation one15:55 translation two19:15 translation three22:00 translation four25:41 translation five27:49 translation six30:13 translation seven32:40 translation eight34:45 translation nine37:00 creating your own translation38:30 which translation is your favourite?39:40 my personal favourites
How to Read Platos Republic (10 Tips) Benjamin McEvoy 2022-04-11 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 introduction to Plato's Republic1:30 why read Plato's Republic?2:00 the importance of deep-reading3:00 recommended edition of the Republic3:30 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 Socrates16:00 the trial of Socrates17:00 why was Socrates so important?18:30 Sparta & the Republic 20:00 the constitution of Sparta24:30 bringing the dialogues alive 25:30 disagreeing with Plato/Socrates26:20 how to become a philosopher27:30 two branches of philosophy28:40 five types of philosophical exposition32:00 two stages for approaching a philosopher32:50 the importance of defining your terms33:20 Plato's Republic as imaginative literature34:20 learning to read metaphor35:00 how to read Utopian Literature37:00 learning persuasion from Socrates37:30 pairing Socrates with Sherlock Holmes38:00 the noble lie of the Republic40:00 the banishment of Homer 41:20 reading the Republic with a group42:00 on making your own mind up42:30 the Plato lecture series 43:50 questions for you
The Great Books of the Western World: Bookshelf Tour Benjamin McEvoy 2022-04-04 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 the Great Books of the Western World0:30 Mortimer Adlerโs How to Read a Book1:10 recommendation for sourcing a set2:00 the value of a deep-reading program4:00 the great conversation 5:00 the areas Iโm excited to explore6:30 showing you the colour-coded set7:15 Melvilleโs Moby Dick8:00 Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Shakespeare8:40 Aristotle, Gibbon, Aquinas 9:00 Cervantesโ Don Quixote9:20 Milton, Pascal, Darwin, Homer10:00 the translators of the set10:30 Aeschylusโ Prometheus Bound11:00 how to read the great books 12:20 speed-reading vs slow-reading13:20 taking a long-term approach14:00 the benefit of a curated program14:30 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 approach
How to Read Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (10 Tips) Benjamin McEvoy 2022-03-31 | ๐ Read Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 introduction to Blood Meridian3:00 why read this difficult novel?5:30 my recommended edition 6:30 McCarthyโs prose style 7:30 polysyndeton & Biblical prose9:20 peripheral reading assignments 10:58 reading the first page together16:30 reading aloud slowly 17:00 the importance of perseverance 18:30 etymological excavations 20:00 lexis, language & consciousness21:00 McCarthy & the Santa Fe Institute 22:20 the McCarthyian Metaphor24:20 the prose-poetry of Blood Meridian25:58 Judge Holdenโs philosophy27:00 โWar is Godโ30:00 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 Meridian41:30 historical analogues & scalp-hunting 43:20 westward expansion 45:20 why read such a violent book?47:30 the pace of Blood Meridian48:50 structure & chapter synopses 49:20 McCarthyโs one-sentence 50:30 dialogue, dialect & foreign languages51:30 Blood Meridian as postmodern novel53:10 a guide to marginalia 55:00 rereading & recommended pacing 57:30 the benefits of group reading 59:00 let us know your thoughts
Answering YOUR Questions to Celebrate 10,000 Subscribers (Thank You) Benjamin McEvoy 2022-03-20 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 thank you for reading along0:30 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?โโโโโโโโโโโโ49:30 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 all
Cormac McCarthys Two Secret Novels Revealed - Reaction Benjamin McEvoy 2022-03-10 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 Cormac McCarthy new novels revealed1:27 preparing for the Blood Meridian Lecture Series2:00 why Cormac McCarthy is a master writer2:30 my experience with Blood Meridian4:12 reading from Blood Meridian7:47 Cormac McCarthy as greatest living American writer?8:32 reacting to the two novels revealed9:00 why this news is so exciting9:50 Cormac McCarthy's writing routine10:30 McCarthy's release schedule 11:00 'The Passenger' and 'Stella Maris'12:00 'The Road' book review13:00 Cormac McCarthy's bibliography13:30 how long has McCarthy been writing 'The Passenger'?14:30 what are the new novels about?15:00 Cormac McCarthy's Oprah interview16:00 McCarthy on writing women16:30 publication date for McCarthy's new books18:30 McCarthy experimenting with style and theme20:00 Cormac McCarthy first edition advice22:00 what are your thoughts?
How to Read Great Literature as Scripture (My 7-Stage Approach) Benjamin McEvoy 2022-03-02 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 scripture and great literature1:48 why read literature like this?3:15 reflection is connection3:59 introducing my approach4:35 stage 1: text selection5:50 if you're reading, it's for you6:30 my recommendations8:54 stage 2: scheduling time10:00 ritual examples 11:57 stage 3: set your intention12:22 my return to the bible 13:00 bible reading challenges14:00 the power of intention16:00 St. Augustine's threefold present17:14 stage 4: read swiftly 17:42 stage 5: rereading aloud18:40 two methods of chanting20:00 visualisation examples21:00 stage 6: close appreciation23:00 stage 7: textual interpretation24:35 bonus stage: think on paper26:13 who will you read scripturally?
10 Unconventional Reading Goals for 2022 Benjamin McEvoy 2022-02-18 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 my yearly goal-setting tradition1:09 become an avid "first reader"4:47 attend lectures in book form6:50 write your own poetic response9:10 create a musical soundscape11:18 visit the theatre of your mind13:49 take the playwright pilgrimage 14:52 keep a file of characters17:07 reach out to writers you love18:38 embark on etymological excavations19:49 tie your reading into language learning23:15 what are your reading goals?
Literature Im Loving Right Now (& Multiple Reads vs Slow Reading) Benjamin McEvoy 2022-02-13 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 how I read books 1:00 monogamous reading vs multiple reads2:30 is it okay to read many books quickly?4:00 the one Big Read approach4:50 quantity as a measure of success5:30 the benefit of slow, deep reading 7:00 deep-reading book club reads7:55 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 approach12:40 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales13:30 Oxford World's Classics haul14:10 Hawthorne, Henry James, Thomas Hobbes14:35 Aristotle and Plato 14:55 The Hero with a Thousand Faces 15:20 European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages15:52 Auerbach's Mimesis16:22 Shakespeare's History Plays17:24 Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)18:00 beautiful limited edition of Blood Meridian19:00 the Lydia Davis translation of Proust 19:40 the essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson20:30 a book I have been reading for years21:00 Eiji Yoshikawa's Musashi 21:43 George Eliot's Middlemarch 22:15 following the original serialised schedule23:00 the poetry of Hart Crane23:54 the novels of Thomas Pynchon24:20 Iris Murdoch and Edith Wharton24:44 the novels of Haruki Murakami25:37 books gifted to me from book club members25:50 The Buddha and the Terrorist 26:00 Lord Chesterfield's Letters to his Son26:30 the stack of plays I'm working through27:21 The Master and Margarita (Bulgakov)27:36 Philip Roth's Sabbath's Theatre27:57 Their Eyes Were Watching God 28:07 Shakespeare & Dickens28:22 what are you reading right now?
How to Read Moby Dick by Herman Melville (10 Tips) Benjamin McEvoy 2022-02-06 | ๐ Read Moby Dick with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 Herman Melville & the American tradition1:10 the reputation of Moby Dick today2:15 "Call me Ishmael"4:50 what is your hero's journey? 6:16 Jonah and the whale8:14 ego deaths and shadow work8:45 Jung's collective unconscious10:00 Joseph Campbell and slaying dragons 11:00 the symbolism sea voyages 12:50 Nietzsche & Burke on pain, meaning, memory13:30 competence & psychosocial development14:00 existential questions & psychosocial crisis16:00 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 Dick20:00 how to discover meaning 21:00 Melville's literary influences 21:30 etymology & extracts prefacing Moby Dick23:00 how to integrate biblical wisdom literature24:00 who is Ishmael? 25:40 recommended pacing for reading Moby Dick28:30 how to reread great literature 30:00 the importance of reading aloud30:20 my weekly journalling practice 33:19 keeping a commonplace book34:00 pairing Melville with Shakespeare 36:30 breaking into the American tradition38:00 the poetry of Wallace Stevens & Hart Crane38:50 reading Moby Dick with a group 41:00 the ultimate aim of reading Moby Dick42:00 reflection questions for you
Lets Go to the Bookstore Together (Yellow Lighted Bookshop, Tetbury) Benjamin McEvoy 2022-01-29 | ๐ Read the Great Books with Hardcore Literature: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature/aboutโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐๏ธ War and Peace: cutt.ly/U3nzGma๐ญ Shakespeare Project: cutt.ly/B3nxHH7๐ณ Moby Dick: cutt.ly/K3nzVKfโ๏ธ Blood Meridian: cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp๐ Wuthering Heights: cutt.ly/N3nxxYt๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: cutt.ly/x3nxQmN๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: cutt.ly/J3YixoA๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybt๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: tinyurl.com/45rv965cโโโโโโโโโโโโ
Showing You My Vintage 1890s Shakespeare Collection Benjamin McEvoy 2022-01-25 | ๐ญ How to Produce a Play in the Theatre of Your Mind: cutt.ly/JI8j1dFโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐ Read the Great Books in 2022 with the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature๐ How to Read Hamlet (Banquets of Blood Lecture Series): cutt.ly/cI8jJlqโ๏ธ How to Read King Lear: cutt.ly/0I8ktEWโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐๏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 โโโโโโโโโโโโHardcore Literature Lecture Seriesโโโโโโโโโโโโ๐Contents Page: cutt.ly/CmNhRY3๐ Anna Karenina: cutt.ly/vmNhAWv๐ Crime and Punishment: cutt.ly/rmNhFt5โ Persuasion: cutt.ly/amNhX7bโ In Search of Lost Time: cutt.ly/5mNh8oDโ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: cutt.ly/UmNjrE3๐ธ Siddharta: cutt.ly/YmNjuzi๐ Don Quixote: cutt.ly/cmNjoK4โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: cutt.ly/nmNlW7V๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: cutt.ly/nToAQQ3๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: cutt.ly/9ToAybtโโโโโโโโโโโโ0:00 the Henry Irving Shakespeare collection1:45 exploring the collection together7:35 Love's Labour's Lost9:00 The Comedy of Errors9:34 The Two Gentlemen of Verona10:06 Romeo and Juliet12:00 King Henry VI (Parts 1, 2, 3)13:13 The Taming of the Shrew13:37 A Midsummer Night's Dream 14:49 King Richard II15:35 King Richard III16:45 The Merchant of Venice 18:05 King Henry IV (Parts 1 & 2)19:18 King Henry V20:01 The Merry Wives of Windsor20:41 As You Like It21:08 Twelfth Night 21:30 Much Ado About Nothing22:44 Allโs Well That Ends Well23:05 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 Athens30:23 Cymbeline 30:44 The Tempest 31:57 Titus Andronicus32:25 The Winterโs Tale 32:45 Hamlet 34:20 Pericles 34:30 Henry VIII & Two Noble Kinsmen34:40 Shakespeareโs sonnets & poems36:20 wrapping up, and questions for you
