The Re-re-read: Craft Talks on Classic Literature
A fiction writer and recovering academic seeks craft lessons in classic literature. All works are in the public domain and available on https://www.gutenberg.org. The talks are 5-10 minutes, perfect for today's on-the-go author. Earlier and even more pedantic versions of these talks are available on my blog, swerveandvanish.blogspot.com.
The podcast is currently on hiatus, but please enjoy the archived episodes!
The Re-re-read: Craft Talks on Classic Literature
The Brothers Karamazov: The Grand Inquisitor, or Creating a Truly Great Story-within-a-Story
The Grand Inquisitor, perhaps the greatest set piece in all of (classic) literature, is also a lesson creating a story-within-a-story. The whole novel grinds to a halt while one character narrates a twenty-page philosophical treatise, and yet it's spellbinding. How does Dostoevsky do it? And how might we?
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