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Back to SearchDženita Karić, "Bosnian Hajj Literature: Multiple Paths to the Holy" (Edinburgh UP, 2022)
Episode 315
Dženita Karić's new book Bosnian Hajj Literature: Multiple Paths to the Holy (Edinburgh University Press, 2023) maps the diverse understandings of th…
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Rebecca Kingston, "Plutarch's Prism: Classical Reception and Public Humanism in France and England, 1500–1800" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Episode 249
Throughout the early modern period, political theorists in France and England drew on the works of Plutarch to offer advice to kings and princes. Eli…
2 years, 9 months ago
Kristen Lopez, "But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films" (Running Press Adult, 2023)
Episode 248
Published earlier this year from Running Press, Kristen Lopez’s But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films looks …
2 years, 9 months ago
Religion and Politics in the Lord of the Rings
Episode 84
J.R.R. Tolkien's masterwork The Lord of the Rings delighted so many of us as children, yet it and its vast body of accompanying work, such as the Sil…
2 years, 9 months ago
Jacob Abell, "Spiritual and Material Boundaries in Old French Verse: Contemplating the Walls of the Earthly Paradise" (Medieval Institute Publications, 2023)
Episode 247
The Earthly Paradise was a vibrant symbol at the heart of medieval Christian geographies of the cosmos. As humanity’s primal home now lost through th…
2 years, 9 months ago
A Better Way to Buy Books
Episode 109
Bookshop.org is an online book retailer that donates more than 80% of its profits to independent bookstores. Launched in 2020, Bookshop.org has alrea…
2 years, 9 months ago
Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" Part 2: Characters and Questions
Season 1 Episode 37
Part 2 looks at the many instances of inversion and transgression, looking at how characters cross boundaries of gender, status, and social role, and…
2 years, 9 months ago
Robyn Muir, "The Disney Princess Phenomenon: A Feminist Analysis" (Bristol UP, 2023)
Episode 165
The Disney Princesses are a billion-dollar industry, known and loved by children across the globe.
In The Disney Princess Phenomenon: A Feminist Analy…
2 years, 9 months ago
Muḥsin Jāsim Mūsawī, "The Arabian Nights in Contemporary World Cultures: Global Commodification, Translation, and the Culture Industry" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
Episode 246
The stories in the Thousand and One Nights, or the Arabian Nights, are familiar to many of us: from the tales of Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor, Ali Baba…
2 years, 9 months ago
Sarah Ruden, "Vergil: The Poet's Life" (Yale UP, 2023)
Episode 18
There are some digressions in this interview, but none worth deleting. We also had to host over zoom, so while each audio track contains both partici…
2 years, 9 months ago