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A professor of English talks about 19th Century novels: plot summary, literary analysis, author biography, historical and cultural context. Each episode closely examines one 19th Century novel.
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Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
0:00—Ivanhoe sources. 6:36—A Romance. 8:36—Code of chivalry. 10:30—Medievalism. 13:50—Tournament at Eglinton. 16:50—Pseudohistory. 17:22—Tushery. 19:45—Ivanhoe summarized. 22:06—Sources. 26:42—The Norman Yoke. 29:11—Teutonic roots. 32:09—Anglo-Franco. 36:19—English pig dogs. 38:20—Interlude. 39:05—Flints or dunghills. 45:47—Rowena or Rebecca. 50:06—Realism. 54:33—Dialect. 1:04:31—Historiography. 1:11:14—Differences. 1:15:10—Rational Richard. 1:19:46—Good old times. 1:21:47—The princess and the president. 1:25:28—Claims and acclaim. 1:28:45—The children’s department. 1:30:30—Conclusion.
Interludes: Felix Mendelssohn, Hebrides Overture (1832), performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, 2012.
Additional audio: from The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Purchased from Amazon.com Services LLC.
Illustration: Eugene Delacroix, Rebecca and the Wounded Ivanhoe (detail), 1823, Wikimedia
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