Jacke Wilson

Author

Joseph Conrad

September 23, 2017

History of Literature #110 – The Heart of Darkness – Then And Now

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:36:32 — 66.6MB) | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | RSS | More Jacke and Mike discuss Joseph Conrad’s short novel Heart of Darkness, Francis Ford Coppola’s film Apocalypse Now, and Eleanor Coppola’s documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse. Then Jacke offers some thoughts on the recent events in Charlottesville, compares them with the themes in Conrad, and argues that Continue reading

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October 10, 2013

The Great Novella Tournament of Champions: Billy Budd v. The Secret Sharer

The Great Novella Tournament of Champions celebrates a classic literary form believed to be poised for a comeback. The judge is a long-time fan of the form who is in the final stages of self-publishing a novella of his own. Off we go! First up in our celebrity novella deathmatch are a couple of Continue reading

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