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The Chicago Fight & "Criticism Inc."
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Length:
73 minutes
Released:
Sep 5, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
A deep dive into the Chicago Critics who inspired John Crowe Ransom's 1937 essay, "Criticism Inc.," as well as their working conditions at the University of Chicago under Robert Maynard Hutchins. His implementation of "The Chicago Plan" and the resulting "Chicago Fight" [9:00], the afterlives of the Chicago Critics in contemporary literary studies [30:00], the import of the Walgreen Hearings [49:00], and the seeding of the Chicago School of Economics.
Cast (in order of appearance): Matt Seybold, Bruce Robbins, Anna-Dorothea Schneider, John Guillory, Harold Langer, Edward Nik-Khah, Robert Maynard Hutchins
Soundtrack: Joe Locke's "Makram"
For episode bibliography, please visit MarkTwainStudies.com/ChicagoFight, or subscribe to our newsletter at TheAmericanVandal.SubStack.com, where you will also receive episode transcripts.
Cast (in order of appearance): Matt Seybold, Bruce Robbins, Anna-Dorothea Schneider, John Guillory, Harold Langer, Edward Nik-Khah, Robert Maynard Hutchins
Soundtrack: Joe Locke's "Makram"
For episode bibliography, please visit MarkTwainStudies.com/ChicagoFight, or subscribe to our newsletter at TheAmericanVandal.SubStack.com, where you will also receive episode transcripts.
Released:
Sep 5, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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