This week, comedian and actor Tim Key introduces us to his new book of poetry; and Devoney Looser on the bold runaway women of early British novels.
'Chapters', by Tim Key, designed by Emily Juniper
'Gone Girls,1684–1901: Flights of feminist resistance in the
eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British novel', by Nora Gilbert
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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This week’s Great Political Fiction is Friedrich Schiller’s monumental play Mary Stuart (1800), which lays bare the impossible choices faced by two queens – Elizabeth I of England and Mary Queen of Scots – in a world of men. Schiller imagines a meeting between them that never took place and unpicks its fearsome consequences. Why does it do such damage to them both? How does the powerless Mary maintain her hold over the imperious Elizabeth? Who suffers most in the end and what is that suffering really worth?
Next week: Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons (1862)
Coming up: The Ideas Behind American Elections – a twice-weekly series running throughout March with Gary Gerstle, looking at 8 American presidential elections from 1800 to 2008 and exploring the ideas that shaped them and helped to shape the world.
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The distinguished sociologist and cultural thinker Richard Sennett was once a professional cellist and his new book, The Performer, examines the links between artistic performance, politics and the public-sphere.
We were delighted to talk to him about his own experiences asa musician and about prominent figures from Leonard Bernstein and Roland Barthes to Donald Trump and Boris Johnson.
'The Performer: Art, Life, Politics', by Richard Sennett
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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Neste episódio nos transportamos para a Belo Horizonte dos anos 1960, pelas mãos do editor-sênior da Quatro Cinco Um, Humberto Werneck. Ele conversa com os escritores Silviano Santiago e Ivan Angelo, que estrearam juntos em livro, em 1961, com "Duas faces". Seis décadas depois, os dois desatinados rapazes lançaram um romance ("Vida ao vivo", de Ivan) e um ensaio literário ("Grafias da vida — a morte", de Silviano) que figuraram entre os melhores livros de 2023. Os três conversam com o apresentador Paulo Werneck sobre seus livros, a Geração Complemento, que marcou a sempre agitada cena literária belorizontina e outros temas. Apoie o 451 MHz: https://bit.ly/Assine451
This week, a special interview with the sociologist Richard Sennett takes us from Roland Barthes to Leonard Bernstein; and Hettie Judah on two memoirs inspired by a love of 17th-century art.
'The Performer: Art, Life, Politics', by Richard Sennett
'Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life & Sudden Death', by Laura Cumming
'The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters', by Benjamin Moser
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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This week’s episode on the great political fictions is about Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (1726) – part adventure story, part satire of early-eighteenth-century party politics, but above all a coruscating reflection on the failures of human perspective and self-knowledge. Why do we find it so hard to see ourselves for who we really are? What makes us so vulnerable to mindless feuds and wild conspiracy theories? And what could we learn from the talking horses?
More from the LRB:
Clare Bucknell on Swift the satirist
‘Swift’s satire was fabulous as well as honest, a distorting magnifying glass as well as a mirror.’
Terry Eagleton on Swift’s double standards
‘Swift and Montaigne are outraged by colonial brutality while being deep-dyed authoritarians themselves.’
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Assim que terminou a residência médica, o cirurgião Oscar Espellet Soares teve uma apendicite tardiamente diagnosticada que evoluiu para uma infecção generalizada.
A experiência poderia ter matado o Oscar. Mas, em vez disso, mudou a vida dele para sempre. Em vez de se tornar mais um cirurgião atuando em Porto Alegre, ele arrumou a mochila e partiu para o norte do Brasil. Tornou-se um cirurgião nômade, criando pontes entre mundos diversos e mudando vidas nessa jornada.
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Apoio de produção e edição: Matheus Marcolino.
Mixagem de som: Vitor Coroa.
Trilha sonora tema: Paulo Gama.
Design das capas dos aplicativos e do site: Cláudia Furnari.
Direção, roteiro e edição: Tomás Chiaverini.
This week, Sinéad Gleeson delights in the byways of Maeve Brennan's New York; and Costica Bradatan explores the enduring appeal of Henry David Thoreau.
'The Long-Winded Lady', by Maeve Brennan, with an introduction by Sinéad Gleeson
'Thoreau's Axe: Distraction and Discipline in American Culture', by Caleb Smith
'Henry at Work: Thoreau on Making a Living', by John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle
'Henry David Thoreau: Thinking Disobediently', by Lawrence Buell
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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In the first episode of our new series on the great political fictions, David talks about Shakespeare’s Coriolanus (1608-9), the last of his tragedies and perhaps his most politically contentious play. Why has Coriolanus been subject to so many wildly different political interpretations? Is pride really the tragic flaw of the military monster at its heart? What does it say about the struggle between elite power and popular resistance and about the limits of political argument?
More from the LRB:
Colin Burrow on Ralph Fiennes as Coriolanus
Michael Wood on Coriolanus in the Hunger Games
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