The Black University Concept & The Second Curriculum (A Tale of Today, Episode #6)
The second act of “A Tale of Today” opens with a survey of the history of HBCUs.
Tag: The Gilded Age
First As Farce: Structures of Feeling In The Gilded Age (A Tale of Today, Bonus Episode)
Podcast edition of the 2024 Quarry Farm Fall Symposium Keynote by Nathan Wolff, including bibliography.
The Historical Novel (A Tale of Today, Episode #5)
Organized around a comparison of György Lukács’s “The Historical Novel” (1937) and Mark Twain & Charles Dudley Warner’s “The Gilded Age” (1873).
Dolan’s Trouble Begins Lecture Now Available
In her examination of THE GILDED AGE, Dolan posits that Twain should be considered one of the early writers of American environmental literature.
Fall ‘Trouble Begins’ Lecture Series Continues October 9
Lecture takes place on Wednesday, October 9 at 7:00pm in the Quarry Farm Barn.
Always Historicize? (A Tale of Today, Episode #4)
A series of conversations about historicisms, hinge points, and historical novels.
Strategic Presentism & Resistance History (A Tale of Today, Episode #3)
Is it presentism all the way down?
“Meandering at Quarry Farm” (A Quarry Farm Testimonial)
Andrew Hebard (University of Miami of Ohio) talks about the unexpected research paths he went down at Quarry Farm
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.”
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.”