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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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  • The First English Novel? Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe

    The First English Novel? Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe
    Nov 9 2025

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    On this trip, we're looking at the conventional candidate for the first modern novel in English. Defoe's story of a resourceful man shipwrecked on a desert island is so much more than a ripping yarn: it speaks to the rise of a literary vernacular language, the values of an increasing bourgeois and expansionist society, and of spiritual awakening. Come aboard!

    Text: https://ia600207.us.archive.org/26/items/cu31924011498676/cu31924011498676.pdf

    Additional Music:

    "Theme from Emergency!" by Nelson Riddle. https://archive.org/details/tvtunes_206

    "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island" by Sherwood Schwartz. https://archive.org/details/tvtunes_275

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    Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber Orchestra
    Subcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish Guards
    Sound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.org
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    37 m
  • The First Ghost Story? Daniel Defoe's "The Apparition of Mrs. Veal"

    The First Ghost Story? Daniel Defoe's "The Apparition of Mrs. Veal"
    Oct 26 2025

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    For you today, Trick or Treaters, a discussion of what some critics assert is the first modern ghost story in English: Daniel Defoe's 1705 "The Apparition of Mrs. Veal."

    The text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36587/36587-h/36587-h.htm

    Support the show

    Please like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!

    Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.com

    Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

    If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!

    Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber Orchestra
    Subcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish Guards
    Sound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.org
    My thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!
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    22 m
  • Modish Men and the Way of the World: The Great Restoration Comedies of Manners

    Modish Men and the Way of the World: The Great Restoration Comedies of Manners
    Oct 10 2025

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    Well, I probably should have done this episode earlier, since it might have been good for it to precede our other discussions of Resto comedy. But I made a last minute decision and included a second play, which kind of threw off the old chronology. But it's good all the same!

    The Man of Mode by George Etherege: https://coldreads.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/the-man-of-mode.pdf

    The Way of the World by William Congreve: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1292/1292-h/1292-h.htm

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    Please like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!

    Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.com

    Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

    If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!

    Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber Orchestra
    Subcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish Guards
    Sound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.org
    My thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!
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    32 m
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