This is an audio-only recording of a previous talk by Angelina Stanford. This talk is available free to students in our "How to Read Fairy Tales" mini-class. To register for the mini-class and access this talk for free, click here. Runtime: 1 session, 72 minutes
This is recording of a previous talk by Angelina Stanford. This talk is available free to "Fellows" tier members of The Literary Life Podcast Patreon. To become a supporter and access this talk for free, visit www.Patreon.com/theliterarylife. Runtime: 1 session, 72 minutes
This is a bundle of previously recorded talks from Angelina Stanford as part of the Literary Life Online Conferences from 2019-2025. My, What Big Teeth You Have: Little Red Riding Hood's Journey to Hell Part of the 2019 Conference; Runtime: 1 session, 76 minutes The Fairy Tale World of Lewis, Tolkien, and Sayers Part of the 2020 Conference; Runtime: 1…
This is recording of a previous talk from Angelina Stanford as part of the 2025 Literary Life Online Conference - "Living Language: Why Words Matter." Runtime: 1 session, 126 minutes
This is recording of a previous talk from Angelina Stanford as part of the 2024 Literary Life Online Conference - "Dispelling the Myth of Modernity: A Recovery of the Medieval Imagination." Runtime: 1 session, 137 minutes
This is recording of a previous talk from Angelina Stanford as part of the 2023 Literary Life Online Conference - "Shakespeare: The Bard for All and for All Time." Runtime: 1 session, 126 minutes
This is recording of a previous talk from Angelina Stanford as part of the 2022 Literary Life Online Conference - "The Battle Over Children's Literature." Runtime: 1 session, 122 minutes
This is recording of a previous talk from Angelina Stanford as part of the 2021 Literary Life Online Conference - "Reading in an Age of Crisis." Runtime: 1 session, 88 minutes
This is recording of a previous talk from Angelina Stanford as part of the 2020 Literary Life Online Conference - "Re-Enchanting the World: The Legacy of the Inklings." Runtime: 1 session, 84 minutes
Shepherds and their flocks have a special place in the literary tradition as singers and poets, appearing not only in the Biblical world but also in the classical world. The Roman poet Vergil, best known for his epic The Aeneid, first tried his hand at a genre called "pastoral poetry" before he turned his attention to writing epic. In Vergil's…
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Edgar Allan Poe, while one of America’s most popular authors, is also America’s most deeply misunderstood author. The French have long admired Poe for his mythopoeic powers, but Americans largely think of him as the Stephen King of his day, revelling in fright, horror, and nihilistic violence. Or, as one critic put it, “his tales are nothing more than complicated…
