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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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Friday Aug 09, 2024
Friday Aug 09, 2024
Chapters 9-14: 0:00—Lunatic affairs. 2:42—Jane (Burden) Morris. 8:40—The position of women. 10:07—Education. 16:21—Political science. 19:27—Violence. 23:48—Governance. 25:05—Labor. 26:51—Interlude.
Chapters 15-22: 27:54—Marx & More & Bellamy. 34:59—Everything was sacrificed. 36:52—British imperialism. 39:09—How the change came. 44:27—The General Strike, 1926. 46:26—Britain, 1952. 48:52—The Great Smog. 50:13—British citizens. 53:17—Literary criticism. 59:58—Interlude.
Chapters 23-32: 1:01:01—Murder & morbid brooding. 1:03:31—Not an age of inventions. 1:06:46—Leaving nowhere behind. 1:11:16—Cottagecore. 1:12:40—Shiny, happy people. 1:16:23—The Techno-Optimist Manifesto. 1:20:19—A discovery machine. 1:21:33—Enemies list. 1:22:42—Paths to utopia. 1:27:00—Closing.
Text: William Morris, News from Nowhere. 1890. Oxford Univ. Press, 2003.
Interludes: Edward Elgar, Serenade for Strings in E Minor, Op.20 (1892), performed by A Far Cry at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.
Illustration: William Morris, photograph by Frederick Hollyer, 1884, Victoria & Albert Museum.
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Contact: jimjneilson@gmail.com |
Thanks to Professor Steven Vincent and the students of History 522: European Intellectual History, NCSU Fall 2023.
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