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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 Feb 11, 2021
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Chapters 1-15. 0:00-Background. 7:07-Gilbert, Helen, Eliza. 14:07-Women’s education. 15:16-Why a letter? 17:01-Gilbert, Jane, Eliza. 18:01-Gilbert & Helen. 18:43-Helen & Frederick. 20:08-Anne in love? 23:43-Gilbert & Helen. 24:44-Why letter & diary? 25:33-Print culture. 26:49-Male narrative.
Chapters 16-22. 28:43-Helen enters society. 29:56-Helen meets Huntingdon. 31:04-Victorian vices. 33:09-Prostitution. 33:46-Annabella. 34:37-Helen & Huntingdon. 35:13-Three questions. 39:39-Huntingdon proposes.
Text: Anne Bronte, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, 1848. Oxford Univ. Press, 2008.
Interludes: Chopin, Posthumous Waltz, no. 19 in A minor (1847), performed by Harald Vetter.
Illustration: Portrait of Anne Bronte (detail), by her brother Branwell (1834), Wikipedia.
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Contact: jimjneilson@gmail.com |
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