Just The Best Literature
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- Duración: 50:17:07
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Sinopsis
Just the Best Literature inspires you to not only read printed books, but to read only the best books. Besides books, host Dennis Leap will lead discussions on other current literature such as essays and important articles.
Episodios
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#284: Ahab—Supreme Lord and Dictator
06/12/2021 Duración: 32minHost Dennis Leap and special guest Grant Turgeon discuss Herman Melville’s well-known and yet most mysterious character, Captain Ahab, from his American classic Moby Dick.
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#283: Starbuck, Stubb, Flask and Harpooners
29/11/2021 Duración: 30minHost Dennis Leap and special guest Grant Turgeon discuss Chapters 26 and 27 of Herman Melville’s American classic Moby Dick. Leap and Turgeon focus on the personalities of the Pequod’s three mates and their assistants, the harpooners.
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#282: Ishmael and Queequeg Aboard the Pequod
22/11/2021 Duración: 31minHost Dennis Leap with special guest Grant Turgeon discuss chapters 19 through 21 of Melville’s timeless classic Moby Dick. The two shipmates meet again with the prophet Elijah who warns them about the mysterious sailors running toward the ship.
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#281: Ishmael and Queegueg Sign On With the Pequod
15/11/2021 Duración: 32minHost Dennis Leap with special guest Grant Turgeon begin discussion of chapters 14 and 16 of Melville’s American classic Moby Dick. Dennis and Grant focus on the history of old Nantucket and Ishmael’s selection of a whaling ship.
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#280: Ishmael and Queequeg Tour New Bedford
08/11/2021 Duración: 31minHost Dennis Leap with special guest Grant Turgeon discuss chapters 5 through 9 of Melville’s timeless classic Moby Dick, which give the history of America’s once great whaling capitals, New Bedford and Nantucket.
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#279: Introducing Ishmael and Queequeg
01/11/2021 Duración: 31minHost Dennis Leap with special guest Grant Turgeon begin discussing the first nine chapters of Melville’s American classic Moby Dick. Dennis and Grant focus on the first first four chapters, which introduce us to the characters Ishmael and Queequeg.
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#278: Why Read Moby Dick?
25/10/2021 Duración: 31minHost Dennis Leap introduces the JBL short series on Herman Melville’s classic American novel, Moby Dick or the Whale, using quotes from Nathaniel Philbrick’s small book, Why Read Moby Dick?
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#277: Jim Does Not Run
18/10/2021 Duración: 32minHost Dennis Leap and special guest Deborah Leap discuss the final two chapters of Lord Jim. Jim naively believes that scoundrel Brown will leave Patusan peacefully. Yet Brown, with the help of Cornelius, unleashes an act of cold-blooded ferocity on Dain Waris’s camp. This time Jim does not jump or run away from the problem. With the help of Doramin, he dies a romantic hero.
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#276: The Scoundrel Brown Invades Patusan, Part 2
11/10/2021 Duración: 30minHost Dennis Leap discusses the fateful conversation between Jim and the scoundrel Brown, which took place at the muddy creek Jim jumped over to escape imprisonment by the Rajah.
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#275: The Scoundrel Brown Invades Patusan, Part 1
04/10/2021 Duración: 29minHost Dennis Leap discusses the sadistic nature of evil pirate Brown, who plans to tear the people of Patusan to pieces.
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#274: Marlow Leaves Jim at Patusan
27/09/2021 Duración: 30minHost Dennis Leap discusses Jim and Marlow’s parting as Marlow returns to the outside world.
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#273: Remember: This Is a Love Story
20/09/2021 Duración: 32minHost Dennis Leap and special guests Deborah Leap and Gabe Greaser discuss Jim’s profession of his love for Jewel and Marlow’s analysis of Jewel.
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#272: Jewel Saves Jim From Assassination
13/09/2021 Duración: 32minHost Dennis Leap and special guests Deborah Leap and Gabe Greaser discuss Jewel’s intervention in a plot to assassinate Jim.
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#271: Jim—The Romantic Hero, Part 2
06/09/2021 Duración: 31minHost Dennis Leap and guest Gabe Greaser continue to discuss Jim’s love affair with Jewel, and the dark side to Cornelius’s character.
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#270: Jim—The Romantic Hero, Part 1
30/08/2021 Duración: 31minHost Dennis Leap and guest Gabe Greaser discuss Jim’s love affair with Cornelius’s stepdaughter, whom he names Jewel, and the mounting number of enemies planning his assassination.
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#269: Taking Down Sherif Ali’s Camp
23/08/2021 Duración: 31minHost Dennis Leap and guest Gabe Greaser discuss Jim’s first adventure as the peacemaker of Patusan.
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#268: Jim Creates Anxiety on His First Day at Patusan
16/08/2021 Duración: 31minHost Dennis Leap and guest Deborah Leap begin discussing Marlow’s visit to Jim at Patusan, two years after Jim lands on the island (Chapter 24). Jim tells Marlow about his dramatic first days.
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#267: Introduction to Jim’s Life on Patusan, Part 2
09/08/2021 Duración: 31minHost Dennis Leap and guest Deborah Leap continue discussing the background chapters (23 and 24) that lay the groundwork to better understand Jim and his life on Patusan.
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#266: Introduction to Jim’s Life on Patusan, Part 1
02/08/2021 Duración: 31minHost Dennis Leap and guest Deborah Leap discuss the background chapters that lay the groundwork to better understand Jim and his life on Patusan.
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#265: The Darkness of Gossip
26/07/2021 Duración: 31minHost Dennis Leap and special guest Deborah Leap discuss Jim’s bad habit of quitting jobs when he hears gossip about the Patna incident. Marlow seeks out Jim to help him stop running from a past he was not solely responsible for.