Jacke Wilson

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October 28, 2016

The History of Literature #65 – Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (with Professor James Chandler)

By any measure, Mary Shelley (1797-1851) lived a radical life. As the daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, two philosophers devoted to principles of freedom and equality, she grew up in a tumultuous world of exciting new ideas and strong advocacy for social change. After she and the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley eloped Continue reading

Arts, Authors, books, Fiction, history of literature, Podcast, Writing

frank capra, frankenstein, Halloween, it’s a wonderful life, james chandler, lord byron, mary shelley, percy shelley, sentiment, sympathy
October 20, 2015

Steve Martin not wild, not crazy…

Brilliant reader MFA commented on the Steve Martin reference: My daughter and I still mist up at the Steve Martin backyard basketball scene in “Father of the Bride”. Not taking away from the Spencer Tracy Elizabeth Taylor version. Here’s the clip: Argh, this is heartbreaking. Was there really a version of me who would once have Continue reading

Podcast, restless mind show

dad, daughter, father of the bride, Humor, movies, sentiment, steve martin