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477 Does Edith Wharton Hate You? (Part 2 - "The Vice of Reading")
477 Does Edith Wharton Hate You? (Part 2 - "The Vice of Reading")
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Jan 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Does Edith Wharton hate us? That's a provocative question - but perhaps one that Wharton herself provoked, with her essay on the readers who damaged literature and her fiction satirizing the same. In this two-part series, Jacke takes a look at the type of readers targeted by Wharton: not the readers of trash fiction, whom she believed were harmless enough, but the readers of serious fiction who nevertheless read fiction in the wrong way. Does it include History of Literature Podcast listeners or even - gulp - its host?
This episode is Part Two, which focuses on Wharton's 1903 essay "The Vice of Reading." Part One, which focuses on Wharton's 1916 short story "Xingu," will be available at the same time.
Additional listening:
Edith Wharton (with Mike Palindrome)
61 In the Mood for a Good Book - Wharton, Murakami, Chandler, and Fowles (with Vu Tran)
414 Henry James's Golden Bowl (with Dinitia Smith)
Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature.
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This episode is Part Two, which focuses on Wharton's 1903 essay "The Vice of Reading." Part One, which focuses on Wharton's 1916 short story "Xingu," will be available at the same time.
Additional listening:
Edith Wharton (with Mike Palindrome)
61 In the Mood for a Good Book - Wharton, Murakami, Chandler, and Fowles (with Vu Tran)
414 Henry James's Golden Bowl (with Dinitia Smith)
Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Jan 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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