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Mary Renault's Worldbuilding
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Apr 11, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Miranda Carter joins Tom to talk about the life and historical fiction of Mary Renault, whose popular and ingenious retellings of stories from Ancient Greece have never been out of print. They discuss her eventful life, which took her from Edwardian East London to apartheid South Africa, and her meticulous classical reconstructions.Find further reading on the episode page: lrb.me/maryrenaultpodSubscribe to Close Readings Plus: lrb.me/closereadings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Apr 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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