The Classic English Literature Podcast
M. G. McDonoughWhere rhyme gets its reason!In a historical survey of English literature, I take a personal and philosophical approach to the major texts of the tradition in order to not only situate the poems, prose, and plays in their own contexts, but also to show their relevance to our own. This show is for the general listener: as a teacher of high school literature and philosophy, I am less than a scholar b... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 64 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | BooksEducationArts | |||
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For our final episode focusing on Shakespeare, we look at his sonnets, arguably the most famous collection of lyric poems in the language. more
For our (probably) final episode on Shakespeares plays, we sail through The Tempest, a late romance which has attracted historical and psychoanalytical interpretations, but stands out for many readers as perhaps a play in which a version of Shakespea... more
To mark the Easter holiday, we return to George Herbert, Jacobean poet and priest, and his most famous work, the pattern poem "Easter Wings." more
While most people know Shakespeare as a playwright, he saw himself as a poet in the quite traditional sense. Today, well look at his two major narrative poems: Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. more
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- Fascinating!
Lots of fascinating literary insight entertainingly delivered.
Apple Podcasts5Chimbird
United Statesa month ago - Good stuff
For over a year now I’ve been going to sleep with Doug and Literature and History . I even give him some $$ every month. But you are giving him a good run for his money. I’ve gone to bed with Classic English Literature for several nights now and I like it. ☑️j more
Apple Podcasts5msbizzettUnited States2 months ago - Impressing modern nonsense ideology onto historic tales
I was fully invested until he started banging on about “masculine anxiety” in the first part of his first episode of the Arthurian Tales. What a load of w**k, completely turned me off. I was thoroughly enjoying the podcast because he had (thus far), thread the needle brilliantly of remaining appropriately neutral in terms of retelling historical stories. One of my biggest pet peeves is when otherwise highly intelligent people get pulled into foolish ideology of the current era (ideology that is ... more
Apple Podcasts1peteypeteypetey1
Australia2 months ago - Good stuff
For over a year now I’ve been going to sleep with Doug and Literature and History . I even give him some $$ every month. But you are giving him a good run for his money. I’ve gone to bed with Classic English Literature for several nights now and I like it. ☑️
Apple Podcasts5msbizzettUnited States6 months ago - Thank you 😊
Your podcast is awesome 😎
Apple Podcasts5Hummingbird 7United States7 months ago
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Apple Podcasts | #242 |  Canada/Arts/Books |
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