Topics discussed in this episode: -Read this show on substack! -My new website!! -My conversation with David and Matthew on Age of Muses -My new post at Literary Matters -My French translation episode on Heredia -My Spanish translation episode on Lope -Metaphrase and paraphrase -Germany's view of Goethe -Magister Christopher Childers -From Sturm und Drang to Spit on that Thang (sorry) -Weimar (semi)Classicism -How to write a sex poem -Accentual-syllabic vs. Quantitative meter -The Edu...
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Topics discussed in this episode: -Read this show on substack! -My new website!! -My conversation with David and Matthew on Age of Muses -My new post at Literary Matters -My French translation episode on Heredia -My Spanish translation episode on Lope -Metaphrase and paraphrase -Germany's view of Goethe -Magister Christopher Childers -From Sturm und Drang to Spit on that Thang (sorry) -Weimar (semi)Classicism -How to write a sex poem -Accentual-syllabic vs. Quantitative meter -The Edu...
Topics discussed in this episode include: Read the polished transcript of this episode on Substack! My lecture on The Grand Style in English My poem, "Spelunker," in New Verse Review The 2025 ALSCW Conference Cameron’s substack Ethan’s substack Poetry’s psychological effect and moral charge The burden of genius Poetry vs. Philosophy Maimonides and Augustine The decadence of the academy "Poetry as Enchantment" by Dana Gioia The function of meter and rhyme The heresy of paraphrase Bouts...
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Topics discussed in this episode: -Read this show on substack! -My new website!! -My conversation with David and Matthew on Age of Muses -My new post at Literary Matters -My French translation episode on Heredia -My Spanish translation episode on Lope -Metaphrase and paraphrase -Germany's view of Goethe -Magister Christopher Childers -From Sturm und Drang to Spit on that Thang (sorry) -Weimar (semi)Classicism -How to write a sex poem -Accentual-syllabic vs. Quantitative meter -The Edu...