The Great Books

Episode 235: Judith and the Old English Wordhord
John J. Miller is joined by Hana Videen to discuss Judith and the Old English Wordhord.
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Episode 234: ‘War with the Newts’ by Karel Čapek
John J. Miller is joined by Sam Jay Gold to discuss Karel Čapek’s War with the Newts.

Episode 233: The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
John J. Miller is joined by Lorraine Murphy of Hillsdale College to discuss Henry James’s book, The Turn of the Screw.

Episode 232: William Tell by Friedrich Schiller
John J. Miller is joined by Jeffrey A. Hertel of Hillsdale College to discuss Friedrich Schiller’s book, William Tell.

Episode 231: Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
John J. Miller is joined by Catherine Baab-Muguira to discuss Kingsley Amis’s book, Lucky Jim.

Episode 230: The Stories of Robert Aickman
John J. Miller is joined by Victoria Nelson of Goddard College to discuss Robert Aickman’s short stories.

Episode 229: The Shahnameh by Ferdowsi
John J. Miller is joined by Lloyd Llewellym-Jones of Cardiff University to discuss Ferdowsi’s The Shahnameh.

Episode 228: The Inheritors by William Golding
John J. Miller is joined by Rebecca Wragg Sykes of the University of Liverpool to discuss William Golding’s The Inheritors.

Episode 227: Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville
John J. Miller is joined by Jason Peters of Hillsdale College to discuss Herman Melville’s Bartleby, the Scrivener.

Episode 226: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
John J. Miller is joined by Dedra Birzer of Hillsdale College to discuss Wilkie Collins’s The Woman in White.