Episode 255: "An Ideal Husband" by Oscar Wilde, Act 4 & Film Adaptations

The Literary Life Podcast

Angelina Stanford

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

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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This week on The Literary Life podcast, Angelina and Thomas wrap up our series on An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde. In sharing thoughts on Act 4, Angelina and Thomas consider whether Wilde's satire works well here at the end, as well as expanding more on the ideas of "the angel in the house" and women's suffrage during this time period. Today they are also joined by Atlee Northmore to discuss film adaptations of this work.

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0:00.0	This is not just another book chat podcast.
0:21.6	Lifelong reader Cindy Rollins joins teachers Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks for an ongoing conversation about the skill and art of reading well.
0:32.6	Explore the lost intellectual tradition and discover how to fully enter end to the great works of literature.
0:40.2	Learn what books mean while delighting in the sheer joy of imagination. Each week, we will rescue
0:47.1	story from the ivory tower and bring it to your couch, your kitchen, and your commute. The literary life is for everyone because in the
0:55.9	words of Stratford Caldecott, to be enchanted by story is to be granted a deeper insight into
1:02.2	reality. Join us for an ever-unfolding discussion of how stories will save the world.
1:09.7	This is the Literary Life Podcast.
1:31.1	Hello and welcome back to the literary life podcast.
1:43.9	I'm Angelina Stanford, and I am here with my ideal husband who will, who will so to this proper sphere in life if I, his beloved wife, forgive him. I'm not going into politics.
1:45.0	Was that not the moral?
1:46.0	Did I misread it?
1:48.0	Is that not the moral?
1:49.0	Ladies, if we just stop judging our husbands and forgive them, they will rise.
1:55.0	And this ladies is how we shall change the world,
1:59.0	who are loving and forgiving guidance at home.
2:02.7	I'll have to start multiplying scandals.
2:05.0	Yes, guys, it's satire.
2:07.2	And we will be unpacking all of this satire today
2:10.5	as we finish up our series on Oscar Wiles' play An Ideal Husband.
2:15.3	So today we'll talk about Act 4,
2:20.2	and then we're going to have a special guest join us in the second half of today's episode. We are observed. That's right. We have a
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