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Hollis Robbins on 19th Century Life and Literature
Hollis Robbins on 19th Century Life and Literature
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50 minutes
Released:
Aug 28, 2019
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Podcast episode
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As a graduate student, Hollis Robbins helped Henry Louis Gates, Jr. unravel a mystery about the provenance of a mid-19th century book. Robbins helped date the book by discovering allusions to popular literature of that period — her focus at the time. The realization that this perspective would bring valuable insight to other 19th century African American literature prompted her to make that her specialty. Now a dean at Sonoma Sate University, Robbins joined Tyler to discuss 19th-century life and literature and more, including why the 1840s were a turning point in US history, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Calvinism, whether 12 Years a Slave and Django Unchained are appropriate portraits of slavery, the best argument for reparations, how prepaid postage changed America, the second best Herman Melville book, why Ayn Rand and Margaret Mitchell are ignored by English departments, growing up the daughter of a tech entrepreneur, and why teachers should be like quarterbacks. Transcript and links Follow Hollis on Twitter Follow Tyler on Twitter More CWT goodness: Facebook Twitter Instagram Email
Released:
Aug 28, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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