Joseph Acquisto is Professor of French at the University of Vermont, USA. He is the author or editor of seven books. In this episode we discuss his book Living Well with Pessimism in Nineteenth-Century France (2021).
Book link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-61014-2
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Living Well with Pessimism with Joseph Acquisto

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A guide to Max Stirner's text 'The Unique and Its Property' (or 'The Ego and Its Own).
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The Unique and Its Property - Part 2: The Free and Ownness

The Unique and Its Property - Part 1: Introduction and Humanity

James Marcus is an editor, translator, and critic who has written and 
lectured widely on Emerson. His essays and criticism have appeared in 
leading publications such as The New Yorker, the Times Literary 
Supplement, and Harper’s Magazine. In this episode we discuss his 
recently released biography of Emerson, Glad to the Brink of Fear: A 
Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson with James Marcus

Review of The Golem by Gustav Meyrink
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The Golem by Gustav Meyrink (Book Review)

Quinten Weeterings is a history post-graduate who studied under Rico Sneller at Leiden university. In this episode we discuss the life and work of Bruno Schulz.
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Living Well with Pessimism with Joseph Acquisto

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