Hardcore Literature Benjamin McEvoy
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Welcome to your new favourite book club. If you enjoy deep dives into the greatest books ever written, you will love Hardcore Literature. Provocative poems, evocative epics, and life-changing literary analyses. We don’t just read the great books - we live them. Together we’ll suck the marrow out of Shakespeare, Homer, and Tolstoy. We’ll relish the most moving art ever committed to the page and stage from every age. Join us on the reading adventure of a lifetime.
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Ep 72 - The Tragedy of Hamlet (Shakespeare)
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Ep 71 - Book Club Schedule for 2024
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Ep 70 - Gothic Literature and the Rise of the Vampire
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Ep 69 - The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
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Ep 68 - How to Start Writing Literature (Lessons from Great Writers)
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Ep 67 - How to Create a Powerful Daily Reading Practice
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- Benjamin
Timestamps:
0:00 a powerful morning reading practice 2:00 on staying consistent with your habits 7:00 how I structure readings of scripture 8:00 my meditative reading of Moby Dick 9:00 reading imaginative literature scripturally 10:00 speed-reading vs subvocalisation 11:00 on rereading resonant passages 12:00 theatre of the mind & simple contemplation 13:00 imagination, empathy, applying the senses 14:00 threefold present & eternity in the text 16:00 mindfulness in our everyday lives 17:00 future as string of present moments 19:00 good material for the reading practice 20:00 from Aurelius to Rilke & Tolstoy 22:00 how the practice differs from reading 24:00 how Virginia Woolf read great literature 25:00 why I love reading difficult books 26:00 reading as conversation & act of love 27:00 the ease and joy of the daily practice 28:00 the four steps of my reading practice 32:00 practice walkthrough with Tolstoy 33:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage One 39:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage Two 45:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage Three 48:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage Four 52:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage Five 56:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage Six 59:00 let us know about your practice
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Reading Great Literature
Going into deep for all lovers of the best books ever written. Definitly 5 bookmarks out of five .