617 Politics and Grace in Early Modern Literature (with Deni Kasa) | Mike Recommends... James Baldwin! | My Last Book with Carlos Allende

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

Arts, Books, History

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Early modern poets - John Milton, Edmund Spenser, Aemilia Lanyer, Abraham Cowley - lived in a world where theological questions were as hotly contested as political struggles over issues like empire, gender, civil war, and poetic authority. In this episode, Jacke talks to Deni Kasa (The Politics of Grace in Early Modern Literature) about the ways poets used the theological concept of grace to reimagine their political communities. PLUS Mike Palindrome tells Jacke about his admiration for James Baldwin and his works. AND Carlos Allende (Coffee, Shopping, Murder, Love) tells Jacke about his choice for the last book he will ever read. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio.
0:07.0	Hello, it's an action-back day here at the Jack Wilson Studios with the University of
0:14.1	Oxford's Denny Kasa on the Politics of Grace in Early Modern Literature.
0:18.8	Literature Supporters Club President Mike Pallandrome stops by to talk about his love for
0:24.8	the works of James Baldwin and a my last book with Carlos Ayanne.
0:30.3	That's all coming up today on the history of literature.
0:37.0	Okay, here we go, let's get right to it. Well, maybe we don't need to be in quite such a hurry. Life moves too fast.
0:49.0	Don't you think? Let's take a deep breath.
0:59.0	You know how you know that medicine I won't say the name of it but it was it's it advertises itself as being created by teachers and it's supposed to help with colds and you dissolve
1:04.8	a big tablet and a giant glass of water.
1:08.8	And it makes the water taste like orange or lemon, fizzy water and it probably has some good stuff in it, what do I know?
1:15.3	Not a scientist, but I also suspect that it helps quite a lot just to drink that giant glass of water
1:24.0	when you're sick.
1:30.0	I was reading the other day about how smokers find that cigarettes relax them, which scientists found to be kind of odd because nicotine is a stimulant.
1:34.0	But then they realized that actually just taking in a deep breath
1:39.0	relaxes you and if you do that you relax and you feel better.
1:44.8	We can do that without taking our nicotine. Just take a deep breath.
1:50.0	Slow down.
1:55.5	There we go. This is the history of literature.
1:57.3	Welcome to the podcast.
1:58.5	I'm Jack Wilson, your host.
1:59.8	I'm full of lots of advice, apparently.
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