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Positive Readings
Добавлен 20 ноя 2018
An exploration and discussion of literature and ideas.
The Plague of Custom: Shakespeare's King Lear
A reading of William Shakespeare's King Lear.
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Unjoined Person: The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
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A reading of Carson McCullers's The Member of the Wedding (1946). Meet Paul Nunmaker, an unjoined person: Commuting: A Novel: a.co/d/5MzpAdT Other works here: gymnasiapress.com
Counting Breaths: Kazumi Yumoto's The Friends
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A reading of Kazumi Yumoto's The Friends (1992). Music: "Summer Holiday," an original composition by Sunny for a grade six project. Join the friendship: Commuting: A Novel: a.co/d/5MzpAdT Other works here: gymnasiapress.com
Spiritual Nomads: Henry Miller's The Colossus of Maroussi
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A reading of Henry Miller's The Colossus of Maroussi (1941). Bolduc's Parisian Garden: Commuting: A Novel: a.co/d/5MzpAdT Other works here: gymnasiapress.com
So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five
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A reading of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five (1969). Vonnegut's Guggenheim money: Commuting: A Novel: a.co/d/5MzpAdT Other works here: gymnasiapress.com
The Wisdom of the Heart: Henry Miller, philosopher
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A reading of selected essays from Henry Miller's The Wisdom of the Heart (1941). Initiate yourself in the mysteries: Commuting: A Novel: a.co/d/5MzpAdT Other works here: gymnasiapress.com
On the Ovarian Trolley: Henry Miller's Tropic of Capricorn
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A reading of Henry Miller's Tropic of Capricorn (1939). Become a believer, buy your own copy of this exciting novel: Commuting: A Novel: a.co/d/5MzpAdT Other works here: gymnasiapress.com
Dartmouth Green & Erik Satie, Night Approaching
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The ominous Dartmouth Green at the close of a day. Although the town still has shops that require proof of covid vaccination, most people agree it is a place of great enlightenment. Support Positive Readings and the struggle for serious literature: Commuting: A Novel: a.co/d/5MzpAdT gymnasiapress.com
Prescott Park & Beethoven July 2024
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Prescott Park, Portsmouth, New Hampshire & Beethoven Support Positive Readings and the struggle for serious literature: Commuting: A Novel: a.co/d/5MzpAdT gymnasiapress.com
Hampton Beach State Park & J.S. Bach June 2024
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Guilty Before God: Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem
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A reading of Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963). Support Positive Readings and the struggle for serious literature: Commuting: A Novel: a.co/d/5MzpAdT gymnasiapress.com
Prehistoric Individualism: Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer
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*Herman Melville, not to be confused with Henry Melville. Readings of Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer. Intertextual links, anxieties of influence, disciplinary position. Support Positive Readings and the struggle for serious literature: Commuting: A Novel: a.co/d/5MzpAdT gymnasiapress.com Critical Sources: "Henry Miller, Emerson, and the Divided Self" by Paul Jackson "A Critical Appraisal of He...
Reject the False World: Moliere's The Misanthrope
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Moliere's The Misanthrope (1666) is about hypocrisy, preference falsification, and how one should conduct himself in society. Support Positive Readings and the struggle for serious literature: Commuting: A Novel: a.co/d/5MzpAdT gymnasiapress.com
Commuting: An Introduction
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A reading of the first six paragraphs of Commuting, a new novel by Christopher Bolduc. Available at: Itasca Books: itascabooks.com/products/commuting Amazon: a.co/d/33Z8Qm8 gymnasiapress.com
A Little Joy Takes Possession: Knut Hamsun's Pan
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A Little Joy Takes Possession: Knut Hamsun's Pan
Tyranny of the Mirror: James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time
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Tyranny of the Mirror: James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time
Nothing Renovates the World: The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
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Nothing Renovates the World: The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
The Pruning of Society: Hwang Sunwon's Trees on a Slope
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The Pruning of Society: Hwang Sunwon's Trees on a Slope
Transgression to Enlightenment: Isaac Bashevis Singer Short Stories
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Transgression to Enlightenment: Isaac Bashevis Singer Short Stories
Neil Postman's The Disappearance of Childhood: The Return to an Age of Virtual Craft Literacy?
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Neil Postman's The Disappearance of Childhood: The Return to an Age of Virtual Craft Literacy?
Kawabata's The Sound of the Mountain: Death's Notification
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Kawabata's The Sound of the Mountain: Death's Notification
Kawabata Yasunari's Thousand Cranes: Birthmarks, Episode 15
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Kawabata Yasunari's Thousand Cranes: Birthmarks, Episode 15
Kawabata Yasunari's Snow Country: Only Women Are Able to Love, Episode 14
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Kawabata Yasunari's Snow Country: Only Women Are Able to Love, Episode 14
Imre Kertesz's Fateless: The Ghost of Auschwitz & The Cost of a Public Consciousness, Episode 13
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Imre Kertesz's Fateless: The Ghost of Auschwitz & The Cost of a Public Consciousness, Episode 13
Charles Simic: Happy to be a Stone - Episode 12
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Charles Simic: Happy to be a Stone - Episode 12
Against Vacations: A Youthful Essay - Episode 11
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Against Vacations: A Youthful Essay - Episode 11
James Joyce's "Araby" - Nostalgia for the Foolish Blood - Ep. 10
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James Joyce's "Araby" - Nostalgia for the Foolish Blood - Ep. 10
I like your cameo in ookla the mok
It wasn't a cameo. I am Ookla the Mok.
FINALLY someone remembers this magnificient book!!!!! 💥 🎉 I have NEVER again been able to find it anywhere, after I saw and read it in, my philosophy institute library!!!! 💥 💥 To me this was his best book.
Yes, it's definitely a book worth reading more than once.
@@positivereadings8909 Maroussi is also great, and of course OPUS PISTORUM, and his book about RIMBAUD and the one about DH LAWRENCE
Anyway- it’s great to see someone making a video on it here and now! Just 10 days ago. I think the only other one I saw was like 11 years ago lol
I am rereading this now after 25 years… it left an indelible mark on me… it seemed like a work of seminal literary importance but I was surprised this summer when I searched for analysis of it on RUclips and found virtually nothing!
I just discovered it recently. I had only knew of his two Tropics and I wasn't really ready to read those back in university when I originally tried.
The colossus of Maroussi (Ma - rue - sea )
Where were you, SuperDood, when I was making the video?
@@positivereadings8909in the future I'll bring back my time machine and I'll meet you in the past. And now I'll thank you for the video
Bring back the beard
I'm always working on it.
Looks dystopian
Shopping for energy bars made with only two ingredients at 7AM inside an overly air-conditioned warehouse is dystopian.
Did you use a phone or a camera? Looks phenomenal
Thank you. I used a Sony a6400. I use it for all my videos.
Beautiful
Thanks, dude.
22:41 events calling for a greater examination of our human circumstances - that 'the line between good and evil running down the heart of every man' necessitates more than mere courtroom revenge
24:06 systematic blindness to one's own humanity, as a social system
That's a good way to put it.
I knew Professor Norman Bentwich, the first professor of International Law at the Hebrew University. A very distinguished British jurist. If I recall correctly, he argued Eichmann should not be hanged in Israel as Israel had no death penalty. I may be incorrect about that, and he may have argued, like Arendt, that it was a matter for an international tribune based on war crimes or crimes against humanity.
I'm not familiar with Professor Bentwich. Thank you for the introduction.
@@positivereadings8909 He was also the Attorney General under the Mandate.
Looks amazing
Happy 4th of July!
Very informative sir! I have an interesting question to entreat of you: When do you think compliance creates complicity?
Thank you. Although Arendt doesn't discuss complicity, I think the implication is that certain individuals in the councils were complicit and benefited financially from it. Of course, the alternative was probably death, but it seems to be worse than simple moral cowardice.
Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the living, and her eyes they blind. -Epictetus
I’ve been meaning to read Epictetus. Thanks for the inspiration.
Yes. My impression of Philinte is that he is a philanthrope and foil to Alceste in a manner evocative of Stoics and Cynics.
Seymour Rudin has an essay on Rousseau’s criticism of the play. I haven’t come across any Stoic readings of it. Sounds interesting.
7:11 😂😂😂
It's been a while since a new episode
This is also my favourite Kawabata novel, definitely agree that it’s his masterpiece. Thanks for sharing your thoughts
You need spoiler alerts
My favourite poet. So sad he is gone
I knew it
Great video for such a small channel. Keep up the good work!
Thank you!
Love this videoooo thank you xoxo
Thank you. Glad you liked it.
They’ve barred the Bard!
What's the sound effects at the beginning?
A Garage Band glockenspiel followed by a field recording of nighttime frogs.
It's been a while
amazing essay
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Looks really cool
Awesome production quality Sir. Cheers!
You're funny mate
Enjoy the video enjoyed listening to you describe the both books. Cb
enjoyed the two books! also, i had troubles purchasing the book with PayPal, and wondered if there is other ways i could purchase nonlocal.
Enjoyed this review a lot. Looking forward to Episode 2!
Amazing video! Looking forward to episode 2 of Positive Readings!
Very high-quality video! I really enjoyed it. The book sounds really intriguing. It's really horrible knowing how the American dream can destroy a person, what is more absurd is that this happened to many people back at that time, and people were at their lowest all because of this "American dream".
enjoyed part 1, hoping for part 2!