- Nov 18, 201800:00:0002:00:31
Back again with more coverage of Hope Leslie by Catharine Maria Sedgwick, we follow the story through the end of Volume 1. Including discussion of storytelling's place in liberal progress, the hands-on patriarchy of the colonial period, and more.
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References:
Bell, Michael Davitt. "History and Romance Convention in Catharine Sedgwick's "Hope Leslie"." American Quarterly 22, no. 2 (1970): 213-21. doi:10.2307/2711644.
CREMER, ANDREA ROBERTSON. "Possession: Indian Bodies, Cultural Control, and Colonialism in the Pequot War." Early American Studies6, no. 2 (2008): 295-345. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23546576.
Kalayjian, Patricia Larson. "Revisioning America's (Literary) Past: Sedgwick's "Hope Leslie"." NWSA Journal8, no. 3 (1996): 63-78. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4316461.
Weierman, Karen Woods. "Reading and Writing "Hope Leslie": Catharine Maria Sedgwick's Indian "Connections"." The New England Quarterly 75, no. 3 (2002): 415-43. doi:10.2307/1559786.
- Nov 17, 201800:00:0002:55:01
Hi all, here is the third installment of my narration of Catharine Maria Sedgwick's Hope Leslie; or, Early Times in the Massachusetts for members. This is the end of Volume 1.
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- Nov 17, 201800:00:0002:12:59
Hi all, in preparations for the this week's episode, Part 2 on Hope Leslie, here is the second installment of my narration originally released for for members.
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- Nov 10, 201800:00:0001:20:41
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Hi everyone! At long last, the first episode on Catharine Maria Sedgwick's 'Hope Leslie, Or, Early Times in the Massachusetts. This week, Alex and I are joined by Grace to break down the whodunit? of Sedgwick's erasure from the American literary canon, the incredible amount of still-relevant social isssues she includes in her novel, as well as a look at some of the limitations of 19th century humanitarian liberalism. Thanks for the support.
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References:
Bell, Michael Davitt. "History and Romance Convention in Catharine Sedgwick's "Hope Leslie"." American Quarterly 22, no. 2 (1970): 213-21. doi:10.2307/2711644.
CREMER, ANDREA ROBERTSON. "Possession: Indian Bodies, Cultural Control, and Colonialism in the Pequot War." Early American Studies6, no. 2 (2008): 295-345. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23546576.
Kalayjian, Patricia Larson. "Revisioning America's (Literary) Past: Sedgwick's "Hope Leslie"." NWSA Journal8, no. 3 (1996): 63-78. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4316461.
- Nov 9, 201800:00:0001:31:25
Hi everyone! In preparation for the first Hope Leslie episode on Saturday, I'm unlocking (previously available at Patreon.com/literaryhangover) the first installment of my narration of Catharine Maria Sedgwick's Hope Leslie; or, Early Times in the Massachusetts for members. These are the chapters that Grace, Alex, and I talk about.
Once I'm finished, I'll upload it to Librivox where my (admittedly amateurish) narration will be immortalized in the public domain for as long as the internet exists. Not only is there not a good audiobook narration for Hope Leslie, there really isn't a very good free full text copy. The one linked above is only useful in PDF format. There's a good Penguin Classics edition of the book however. Some of the language is antiquated, so you may want a copy to read along with. https://archive.org/details/hopeleslieorearl01sedg
- Oct 22, 201800:00:0001:06:29
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Hi everyone! Apologies for being a couple days late but it'll have been worth it as I think this came together nicely: to accompany Hope Leslie, a brief overview of the Pequot 'War' that is featured in the novel, New England's first genocide. Recommended reading:
God, War, and Providence: The Epic Struggle of Roger Williams and the Narragansett Indians Against the Puritans of New England by James A Warren (2018)
American Colonies: The Settling of North America by Alan Taylor (2001)
Academic works cited: Katherine A. Grandjean. "New World Tempests: Environment, Scarcity, and the Coming of the Pequot War." The William and Mary Quarterly 68, no. 1 (2011): 75-100.
Andrew C. Lipman. "Murder on the Saltwater Frontier: The Death of John Oldham." Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 9, no. 2 (2011): 268-294
YouTube videos cited:
Annowon Weeden discusses wampum with the Boston Children’s Museum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUZRsT7rGMs&t=2s
Mystic Voices - The Pequot War
Part 2
Massacre at Mystic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLWthdTU7CY&t=2117s
Steven Crowder's dumb ass:
- Oct 6, 201800:00:0001:06:32
Hi everyone! Chris and I return with a book club discussion on Corey Robin's "The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump," on of my favorite books on conservative ideology. TOPICS:
Chapter 2, "On Counterrevolution," Conservatism as ideology of losers
Majority Report Zero Sum Debate
https://youtu.be/SbITzwJdOMw?t=258
4m23-8m25
Anger at a decadent ruling class Tucker Carlson Clips Ranting Against GOP and NIKE
Corey Robin @ Harvard Law on the Second Edition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rw0WNXNZUg
10m45-17m30 Trump/GOP surprising impotence.
47m-57m10 GOP/Reactionaries as Victims of Winning
Third Audiobook Clip On Ayn Rand and Hitler's Capitalist Meritocracy (From 'Metaphysics & Chewing Gum, Ch 7)
-Trump tax story:
"Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father" -NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html
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- Sep 15, 201800:00:0001:31:54
Final Hawthorne for a bit! Alex returns and Kara premiers as we talk about 'The Scarlet Letter' as a the earliest story kids read that's fundamentally about sex, MTV Cribs, cuckold vengeance, and more. References:
"Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne," C-SPAN, May 2001
https://www.c-span.org/video/?164017-1/writings-nathaniel-hawthorne
Massachusetts Dress Ways: The Puritan Taste for Simple Clothes and “Sadd” Colors, Erenow.com
https://erenow.com/common/fourbritishfolkwaysinamerica1989/26.html
'Cat Person,' New Yorker, December 2017
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/11/cat-person
Great Courses: Classics of American Literature
- Sep 2, 201800:00:0001:16:28
Hi everyone! Trying something different this week: Alex and I were joined by Chris to discuss a recent work of history by Barnard Bailyn, "The Barbarous Years: The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675." Further references:
Alan Taylor's review in The New Republic:
https://newrepublic.com/article/112309/savage-new-world-barbarous-years-bernard-bailyn
Charles c. Mann's review in The NY Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/books/review/the-barbarous-years-by-bernard-bailyn.html
'Regeneration Through Violence,' by Richard Slotkin
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- Aug 18, 201800:00:0001:26:20
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Today, we’re doing “The Custom-House,” which served as promo and introduction to The Scarlet Letter, as well as a score-settling political tract, topped off with a few defining paragraphs in which Hawthorne describes the process of “romantic” writing.
Sources:
Dustin Hannum, Sermons Out of Rags: Constitutionalism, Conspiracy Theory, and "Reading" the Scarlet Letter in Hawthorne's "Custom-House" Papers on Language & Literature. Spring 2015
Jorge Luis Borges on Nathaniel Hawthorne, via Immaculada Decepcion. (http://inmaculadadecepcion.blogspot.com/2007/12/jorge-luis-borges-nathaniel-hawthorne.html)
“Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne,” C-SPAN, May 21, 2001 featuring Brenda Wineapple and Elisa New, hosted by Susan Swain (https://www.c-span.org/video/?164017-1/writings-nathaniel-hawthorne)
“The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies,” by Alan Taylor, 2010
“The Crowninshield Elephant: The surprising story of Old Bet, the first elephant ever to be brought to America” By George G. Goodwin; Natural History, 1951
(http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/editors_pick/1928_05-06_pick.html)
The Hathorne Curse, (https://www.themystica.com/nathaniel-hawthorne/)
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