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The Calvinism in Our Literature - Audio Essay Edition
The Calvinism in Our Literature - Audio Essay Edition
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Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Feb 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Robert Fay's newest audio essay is inspired by an Alexander Theroux piece titled: “Theroux’s Metaphrastes: An Essay on Literature."
Robert tries to understand why American fiction remains so linguistically stingy and wedded to "realist" and "minimalist" modes of expression. He looks at America's protestant inheritance, and finds interesting divergences between "Catholic" and "Calvinist" modes of art. You can read a text version of the essay here: https://robertfay.com/2021/02/the-calvinism-in-our-literature/
Music: “Sunday Smooth" by Scott Buckley, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License - www.scottbuckley.com.au.
Robert tries to understand why American fiction remains so linguistically stingy and wedded to "realist" and "minimalist" modes of expression. He looks at America's protestant inheritance, and finds interesting divergences between "Catholic" and "Calvinist" modes of art. You can read a text version of the essay here: https://robertfay.com/2021/02/the-calvinism-in-our-literature/
Music: “Sunday Smooth" by Scott Buckley, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License - www.scottbuckley.com.au.
Released:
Feb 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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