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Shannon Wolf, writer and educator talks books.

Episodes

  1. 04/10/2021

    Peter Brook's The Empty Space

    Hear Shannon Wolf, of McNeese State University, talk about the 1968 book The Empty Space by British theater and film director Peter Brook.  Find some cool examples of staging from Brook's productions here and here.  With thanks to the lovely Thornton Wolf for his voice contributions! Works Cited Abebe, Mikias. "Peter Brook and Marat/Sade", WriteWork, 16 May 2005. https://www.writework.com/essay/peter-brook-and-marat-sade.  Brook, Peter. The Empty Space. Simon and Schuster, 1968. https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/religion.occult.new_age/occult.conspiracy.and.related/Brook,%20Peter%20-%20The%20Empty%20Space.pdf "Peter Brook 1970 Production: A Midsummer Night's Dream", Royal Shakespeare Company. https://www.rsc.org.uk/a-midsummer-nights-dream/past-productions/peter-brook-1970-production. Accessed 3 April 2021.

    Peter Brook's The Empty Space

  2. 04/06/2021

    David Auburn's Proof

    Hear Shannon Wolf, of McNeese State University, talk about the Tony-award-winning play Proof, by David Auburn. Find some photos from the original production of Proof here, and a review of a California production with notes on staging here.  With thanks to the lovely Thornton Wolf for his voice contributions! Works Cited Auburn, David. Proof. Faber and Faber Archives.org, 2000. https://archive.org/details/proofplay00aubu/page/n7/mode/2up. Franklin, Marc J. "Celebrate David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Drama Proof at 20", Playbill, 24 Oct 2020. https://www.playbill.com/article/celebrate-david-auburns-pulitzer-prize-winning-drama-proof-at-20 Kirby, Kevin. "An Elegant "Proof". Palo Alto Weekly, 14 Oct. 2015. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2015/10/14/an-elegant-proof.

    David Auburn's Proof

  3. 10/23/2019

    Mathematical Woman

    Shannon Wolf speaks on Margaret Wertheim's book Pythagoras' Trousers and how historical female figures in science have been uplifted or oppressed by their male family members, and how that has affected their contributions to their academic spheres. Works Cited/Biblio Schiebinger, Londa. The Mind Has No Sex?: Women in the Origins of Modern Science. Harvard University Press, 1989. Watts, Edward J. Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher. Oxford University Press, 2017. Wertheim, Margaret. Pythagorus’ Trousers. Crown, 1995.

    Mathematical Woman

  4. 10/01/2019

    'Everything, in fact, was something else.' - Virginia Woolf's Orlando.

    Shannon Wolf speaks on Virginia Woolf's groundbreaking, gender-political novel from 1928, Orlando. For a more detailed summary of Orlando, click here.  If you're interested in a three-part podcast on the LGBTQ+ members of the Bloomsbury Group, click here. Works Cited: Blamires, Harry (1 December 1983). A Guide to Twentieth-Century Literature in English. London, Methuen. Karbo, Karen (27 February 2018). In Praise of Difficult Women.  Washington, D.C. National Geographic. Patmore, Coventry (4 January 2006) 'The Angel in the House', Norton Anthology of English Literature 8, Vol. 2. W. W. Norton and Company, London. Woolf, Virginia (6 October 2016) Orlando. London, Penguin Vintage Classics.

    'Everything, in fact, was something else.' - Virginia Woolf's Orlando.
  • 4 Episodes

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Shannon Wolf, writer and educator talks books.

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  • Creator
    Shannon Wolf
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Shannon Wolf
  • Show Website
    helloshanwolf