The Age of Insecurity (A Tale of Today, Episode #1)
The American Vandal Podcast launches its eleventh series, “A Tale of Today,” marking the 150th year of Mark Twain’s first novel, “The Gilded Age.”
Tag: Mark Twain
“Work An’ Buy Yo’ Freedom”: The Story of Henry Washington’s Promise To His Mother
It has been 150 years since Mary Ann Cord recounted the story of her separation from and reunion with her exceptional son.
Close Reading Feudalism(s) in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with James Phelan (A Project Narrative Crossover)
James Phelan and Matt Seybold read and discuss the Shepherdsons and Grangerfords episode.
Netflix Necrocapitalism & The House of Usher with Jane Hu & Phillip Maciak
A new season kicks off with a discussion of the recent Neflix adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Fall Of The House of Usher.”
Unlearning Racism: What Roles Can Works By Mark Twain Play in An Anti-Racist Pedagogy?
A wonderful essay by Shelley Fisher Fishkin originally published in the Japanese literary journal, Mark Twain Studies.
The Empire of Criticism (Criticism LTD, Episodes #14-16)
The tripartite finale of “Criticism LTD.”
“Exterminate The Whole Tribe”: Mark Twain’s Dispatches From Palestine
A collection of Mark Twain’s 1867 dispatches from Palestine.
Brittle Paper & The Blogossance (Criticism LTD, Episode #9)
What is the relationship between literary criticism and media studies? How has criticism adapted to the digital revolution?
John T. Lewis & Mark Twain: A Friendship
“This wearer aggrandizes the watch, not the watch the wearer”
The Racist Interpretation Complex (Criticism LTD, Episode #5)
What 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 reading?