For tens of thousands of years, humans have used imaginary devices to shape the world and communicate with each other. 4,000 years ago, they began to write down these stories, and humanity’s great achievements began to blossom. Today we know it as literature. The term is broad enough to cover everything from ancient epics to modern novels. How did literature develop? what shape does it take? And what can we learn from working on these works today?
Hosted by Jack Wilson, an amateur scholar with a lifelong passion for literature, literary history We take a fresh look at some of the most compelling examples of creative genius the world has ever known.
please! moby dick; or whale (1851) by Herman Melville is one of the greatest and strangest novels I have ever read. Call it literary Leviathan, intelligent chowder, early entry into the Great American Fiction Sweepstakes, whatever you want. In this episode, Jacke counts down his 10 essential questions about whales in his Melville (white) book.
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