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