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The Classic English Literature Podcast

The Classic English Literature Podcast

De: M. G. McDonough
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Where rhyme gets its reason! In a historical survey of English literature, I take a personal and philosophical approach to the major texts of the tradition in order to not only situate the poems, prose, and plays in their own contexts, but also to show their relevance to our own. This show is for the general listener: as a teacher of high school literature and philosophy, I am less than a scholar but more than a buff. I hope to edify and entertain!

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  • Imitation and Optimism: The Essays of Alexander Pope

    Imitation and Optimism: The Essays of Alexander Pope
    Mar 14 2026

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    Alexander Pope, whom some critics regard as the most important poet of the early 18th century, set out to comprehensively explain the rules that governed art, poetry, and humanity itself. And, it turns out, they're all the same rules.

    Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other guests
    Gretel le Maître likes to look for the beauty and curiosities in life, one day at a...

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    35 minutos
  • A Critique of Reason: Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

    A Critique of Reason: Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
    Feb 1 2026

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    While many may think of Swift's magnificent octopus as a mere children's adventure tale, it is, in fact, one of the darkest and most troubling satires in the English language. Written as the Enlightenment began asserting rationality as the measure of all things, Gulliver's Travels questions the very premises of western culture themselves.


    Link to Gulliver's Travels: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17157/17157-h/17157-h.htm

    mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues
    mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring Jewish...

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    49 minutos
  • Food for Thought: Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" and Other Writings

    Food for Thought: Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" and Other Writings
    Dec 31 2025

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    I hope you've brought your appetite, because today we're looking at some of Dr. Swift's shorter prose satires (along with a couple of poems) and he certainly gives us plenty to chew on.


    "A Description of the Morning": https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45266/a-description-of-the-morning

    "A Description of a City Shower": https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50578/a-description-of-a-city-shower

    "The Battle of the Books": https://www.gutenberg.org/files/623/623-h/623-h.htm

    "A Tale of a Tub": https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4737

    "A Modest Proposal": https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1080/1080-h/1080-h.htm

    mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues
    mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring Jewish...

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    Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.com

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    39 minutos
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