Continuing on Cavell's essay "The Avoidance of Love: A Reading of King Lear" (1969), shifting away from Lear in particular to a more general discussion of tragedy and Cavell's psychological insights. Begin with Part One or get the ad-free, unbroken Citizen Edition. Please support PEL! End song: "Out of Your Hands" by Gretchen's Wheel, i.e., Lindsay Murray, as interviewed Continue Reading …
Ep. 242: Stanley Cavell on Tragedy via King Lear (Part One)
On Cavell's essay "The Avoidance of Love: A Reading of King Lear" (1969). Can money buy you love? What is tragedy? In this first Mark-free episode ever, Wes's new (sub)Text co-host, the poet Erin O'Luanaigh, joins Wes, Seth, and Dylan to discuss this major figure in literary theory. To get the most out of this, check out some performance of King Lear or just read the plot Continue Reading …
Ep. 242: Stanley Cavell on Tragedy via King Lear (Citizen Edition)
On Cavell's essay "The Avoidance of Love: A Reading of King Lear" (1969). Can money buy you love? What is tragedy? In this first Mark-free episode ever, Wes's new (sub)Text co-host, the poet Erin O'Luanaigh, joins Wes, Seth, and Dylan to discuss this major figure in literary theory. To get the most out of this, check out some performance of King Lear or just read the plot Continue Reading …
Cavell and Pirsig on Emerson’s Revolution
About an hour into their discussion the PEL guys (minus Seth) briefly grappled with the meaning of Emerson's revolution. This revolution will be wrought, Emerson thought, by a "domestication of Culture" with a capital "C." Should we take "domestication" to mean some kind of taming, or does it mean that "Culture" should be brought home in some sense? This revolution, Emerson Continue Reading …