How we can blend the study of literary history with literary geography and political economy? Professor Joe Cleary of Yale University tackles this question by guiding us through the World Literary System, which is a mode of analysis associated mainly with the literary critics Pascale Casanova and Franco Moretti. Cleary shows how this approach can […]
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Episode #07 Seamus Deane on the conservatism of Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke lived from 1729 to 1797, a period of great expansion of the British Empire and of revolutions in America and France. More a working politician than a systematic philosopher, Burke responded to the turmoil of his times by formulating a unique brand of political conservatism that has been interpreted in many ways down […]
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