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The Golden Age of The Working Critic

The Golden Age of The Working Critic

FromThe American Vandal


The Golden Age of The Working Critic

FromThe American Vandal

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Length:
80 minutes
Released:
Aug 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The premiere of a new series, "Criticism LTD," on the contemporary state of criticism. This episode covers proclamations of crisis from legacy media earlier this year, demands for a cosmopolitan turn in literary studies (11:15), an alleged golden age of popular criticism (28:00), and the role of para-academic publications like the Los Angeles Review of Books (54:30).

Cast (in order of appearance): Matt Seybold, John Guillory, Ignacio M. Sanchez Prado, Justin Smith-Ruiu, Ryan Ruby, Michelle Chihara

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Released:
Aug 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (63)

An ever-growing collection of conversations and presentations about literature, humor, and history in America, produced by the premier source for programming and funding scholarship on Mark Twain's life and legacy.