832 Stendhal [Revisited]
The History of Literature

832 Stendhal [Revisited]

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 24, 202647 min

As we recently discussed with Hadley Suter, nineteenth-century French novelist Stendhal (1783-1842) came of age in an era when identity was up for grabs. So who was he? How did he view himself? What did he write, and why do we care so much about him now? In this episode, which originally ran in July of 2000, Jacke takes a look at the life and works of Stendhal, whose innovative novels The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma made him one of the greatest and most influential novelists of all time. On Sale Now! For more...

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The History of Literature podcast is a member of the Podglamorate network and LitHub Radio. I'm Alan Sisto, the man of the West here at The Prancing Pony podcast. And I'm Sean Marchese, the real life Lord of the Mark. Every week here at The Prancing Pony podcast, along with Sean or other co-hosts, I explore

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the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, bringing along lots of pop culture references, plenty of nerd humor, and the occasional bad pun. It's just a couple of friends hanging out at the pub talking about our favorite books.

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We cover just a few pages every episode, reading important sections of the books and having a chat about what we've read. Now we do a ton of research for each episode so that we can bring as much background information to our conversation as possible.

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