Marvell’s Garden and Ours

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Literary Nomads

Steve Chisnell

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Marvell’s Garden and Ours – Otium

Literary Nomads

38 minutes 51 seconds

4 months ago

Marvell’s Garden and Ours – Otium

27 June 2025
Episode 5.18 Marvell's Garden and Ours: Otium
Speaking of links back to Andrew Marvell's poetry--weren't we?--we add a new concept into our repertoire which exposes some of our misapprehensions about nature, leisure, and work. And we read Marvell's poem "The Garden" while we think green thoughts about it.

Confused about our episode numbering? Don't be! Since this episode is more about Andrew Marvell's work, it appears as a Journey 5: Andrew Marvell episode, though it aired in the context of Journey 6 where the concept of otium became important to us!

New to Literary Nomads? Check out episode 5.00 to find out what we're all about: https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/an-introduction-and-irony/

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Reading Ahead, Journey 6:

* Ursula K. Le Guin: "Vaster Than Empires and More Slow": https://eyeofmidas.com/scifi/LeGuin_VasterThanEmpires.pdf
* Ursula K. Le Guin: "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas": https://archive.org/download/the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas-ursula-k-leguin/The%20Ones%20Who%20Walk%20Away%20from%20Omelas%20-%20Ursula%20K%20LeGuin.pdf

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Reverie in Roma
04:32 Opening Theme
05:05 Building Nature
11:15 Reading" The Garden" by Andrew Marvell
15:14 Green Thoughts
23:05 Otium
37:35 Closing Theme and Credits

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