Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on November 17, 2023Apple PodcastsSpotifyResonate RecordingsPart One The tripartite finale of “Criticism LTD” begins with a the feud between Matthew Arnold and Mark Twain, followed by “Bed Glee” [14:00], “Outing...
Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on November 2, 2023Apple PodcastsSpotifyResonate RecordingsA sometimes uncanny Halloween week exploration of the EdTech griftopia. Who’s monetizing our data? How is EdTech being used to bust unions [8:00]? How does...
Originally posted by:Center for Mark Twain Studies on October 27, 2023Apple PodcastsSpotifyResonate RecordingsAn appropriately rangy discussion of the podcast medium and its debts to existing print and audio forms. The origin story of The American Vandal Podcast is...
Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on October 17, 2023Apple PodcastsSpotifyResonate RecordingsAs mass-market literature has been consolidated into a small handful of publishing conglomerates, the critical work once done by publicity and editorial...
Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on October 12, 2023Apple PodcastsSpotifyResonate RecordingsWhat is literary knowledge? And, for that matter, what is literature? A survey of new literary media takes on audiobooks [5:00], BookTube and BookTok...
Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on October 2, 2023Apple PodcastsSpotifyResonate RecordingsWhat is the relationship between literary criticism and media studies? How has criticism adapted to the digital revolution? These questions are considered by...
Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on September 23, 2023Apple PodcastsSpotifyResonate RecordingsAn attempt to triangulate politicization, professionalization, and publication by examining several periods in the history of criticism. The episode begins...
Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on September 5, 2023Apple PodcastsSpotifyResonate RecordingsThe Chicago Fight & “Criticism Inc.” A deep dive into the Chicago Critics who inspired John Crowe Ransom’s 1937 essay, “Criticism Inc.,” as well as their...
Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on August 28, 2023Apple PodcastsSpotifyResonate RecordingsWhat is the political economy of New Criticism? Are the racist and reactionary Cold War politics of the New Critics immanent to their trademark method: close...
Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on August 25, 2023Apple PodcastsSpotifyResonate RecordingsLast week, West Virginia University announced that it would abolish its World Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Department, proposing to replace it...