Episode 238: Why Read Biographies

The Literary Life Podcast

Angelina Stanford

Education, Selfeducation, Classicaleducation, Reading, Literature, Homeschool, Arts, Books, Charlottemason, Homeeducation, Homeschooling

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to The Literary Life Podcast with Angelina Stanford, Thomas Banks, and Cindy Rollins. Thomas starts the conversation with some general thoughts on the biography as a branch of literature and as an art form. He also mentions some types of biography he does not care to read at all. Cindy brings up the tension between white-washing historical figures and dragging out every piece of their dirty laundry in biographical treatments. Angelina poses a question about the place of biographies in children's education.

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0:00.0	You're going to. This is not just another book chat podcast.
0:22.8	Lifelongs,
0:24.8	joins teachers Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks
0:27.6	for an ongoing conversation
0:29.5	about the skill and art of reading well.
0:33.0	Explore the lost intellectual tradition
0:35.6	and discover how to fully enter into the great works of literature.
0:40.2	Learn what books mean while delighting
0:42.4	in the sheer joy of imagination.
0:45.0	Each week we will rescue a story from the ivory tower
0:49.0	and bring it to your couch, your kitchen, and your commute.
0:53.6	The literary life is for everyone, because in the words of Stratford Caldecott,
0:57.9	to be enchanted by story is to be granted a deeper insight into reality.
1:03.5	Join us for an ever unfolding discussion
1:06.6	of how stories will save the world.
1:09.5	This is the Literary Life Podcast. Welcome to the literary life podcast. I'm Angela Stanford and I am joined as always by my partner in crime and partner in all things literary,
1:37.1	the increasingly less mysterious Mr. Banks.
1:40.0	Hello, Mr. Banks.
1:41.0	Miss Stanford.
1:42.0	But today, we are here with someone who I know the crowd will be roaring when they hear this.
1:49.0	Welcome back, Cindy Rollins.
1:52.2	It's very good to be here, I didn't know Mr Banks was less mysterious. So,
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