The Seven Deadly Sins

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2020

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

As with Santa's reindeer or Snow White's seven dwarves, we all know the phrase "Seven Deadly Sins" even if we struggle to remember the exact list. But who came up with this concept? And who decided that Pride, Envy, Wrath, Lust, Sloth, Greed, and Gluttony were the seven qualities deserving of this ignominious honor? In this episode, Jacke and Mike take a look at the Seven Deadly Sins and how they have been portrayed in literature - and offer some ideas for how the list might be better tailored for today's world. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Or send an email to [email protected]. Music Credits: “Sweeter Vermouth” and "Bad Ideas" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. 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, I'm Jack Wilson.
0:11.0	Welcome to the History of Literature. Okay, here we go. Happy Thursday everyone. Wow. Back to a Monday, Thursday schedule. After last
0:36.1	week's four episode glut of history of literature podcast episodes, glut is a good word for today we're talking about the seven deadly sins and gluttony is one of them along with envy greed, pride, lust, and sloth.
0:54.6	Did I forget one?
0:56.6	Wrath.
0:58.0	Of course!
0:59.4	How infuriating to forget that one. We should redo the seven deadly sins. They come from the
1:06.7	Middle Ages and are a little stale. I can think of some better sins than those
1:11.7	frankly, but let's talk more about those later
1:14.8	Mike Pallandrome the president of the Literature Supporters Club will be
1:20.1	joining us to really dig in but But first, let's hear from some listeners.
1:25.4	Oh, excuse me, someone seems to be entering the door here at the Jack Wolf's studio. This is Edgar. That sound you hear.
1:38.4	Yes. Bricks. Bricks. Brix being placed one by one in a wall not six inches from my person.
1:52.0	That's not good.
1:54.0	Brick set by my enemy, Fortunato.
1:57.0	Mm. I am to be entombed, it seems.
2:02.0	A pity, really. I have so much more to give. A pity it's happening in our studio.
2:07.0	If only my savior, that noble whelp, Jack Wilson, would come to my rescue. He's outside of Fortuneato's castle, attempting to bribe the footman.
2:17.0	But I fear he lacks sufficient funds.
2:21.0	Yeah.
2:22.0	Yes.
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