28 min listen
Ten Book Retrospective
FromLit Century
ratings:
Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Feb 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Co-hosts Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols look back on the first ten books on Lit Century and what they tell us about the mindset of the 20th century. Why was the 20th century so obsessed with what is normal, and what is transgressive? How did normality become uncool? 20th century literature also tended to fetishize pain, particularly the pain of marginalized people. Why was this, and what does it mean?
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Feb 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (67)
Frog and Toad Are Friends: Hosts Catherine Nichols and Sandra Newman discuss Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad series with children's author Ellen Tarlow by Lit Century