Archetypal Mosaic with Mikhail Tank

Mikhail Tank

Award-winning radio host, Mikhail Tank (KPFK) invites you to enjoy provocative conversations on the subjects of Culture, The Arts, Psychology, Spirit, Soul, and altogether deep conversations. Previous guests have included royalty, award-winning artists, top professors, magicians, witches, top-selling and helpful authors, psychologists, as well as religious and spiritual leaders, and attorneys. Tank's Archetypal Mosaic first premiered in 2015.

  1. The Picture of Dorian Gray: Oscar Wilde's Uncensored Vision with Professor Nicholas Frankel

    Jun 16

    The Picture of Dorian Gray: Oscar Wilde's Uncensored Vision with Professor Nicholas Frankel

    The Picture of Dorian Gray: Oscar Wilde's Uncensored Vision with Professor Nicholas Frankel In this captivating episode of The Archetypal Mosaic, host Mikhail Tank welcomes distinguished Wilde scholar, editor, and biographer Professor Nicholas Frankel for an illuminating discussion on Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, censorship, beauty, morality, identity, and the enduring power of art. Professor Frankel is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking scholarship on Wilde and for restoring the author's original vision in The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition. Together, Mikhail and Professor Frankel explore the novel's controversial publication history, the passages removed or altered during censorship, and the themes that continue to resonate with readers more than a century later. The conversation journeys through Wilde's extraordinary life, his wit, brilliance, and public struggles, while examining the symbolic relationship between Dorian Gray, Basil Hallward, Lord Henry Wotton, and the mysterious portrait itself. The discussion also considers how Wilde's ideas speak directly to modern concerns surrounding image, influence, authenticity, and the masks people wear in society. Topics include: • What first drew Professor Frankel to Oscar Wilde's work • Why The Picture of Dorian Gray remains a literary masterpiece • The creation of the Annotated, Uncensored Edition • Victorian censorship and public controversy • Wilde's life and the reception of his work • Beauty, morality, identity, influence, shadow, and masks • The symbolism of the portrait and the soul • Wilde's enduring relevance in the twenty-first century • The relationship between art and transformation • What Oscar Wilde might think of today's world A rich and thought-provoking conversation for lovers of literature, psychology, creativity, symbolism, and the eternal mysteries of the adult soul.  Guest: Professor Nicholas Frankel Host: Mikhail Tank Series: The Archetypal Mosaic Featured Books by Professor Nicholas Frankel The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition https://www.amazon.com/Picture-Dorian-Gray-Annotated-Uncensored/dp/0674057929 Oscar Wilde: The Unrepentant Years https://www.amazon.com/Oscar-Wilde-Unrepentant-Nicholas-Frankel/dp/0674737946 The Invention of Oscar Wilde https://www.amazon.com/Invention-Oscar-Wilde-Nicholas-Frankel/dp/1789144140

    52 min

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Award-winning radio host, Mikhail Tank (KPFK) invites you to enjoy provocative conversations on the subjects of Culture, The Arts, Psychology, Spirit, Soul, and altogether deep conversations. Previous guests have included royalty, award-winning artists, top professors, magicians, witches, top-selling and helpful authors, psychologists, as well as religious and spiritual leaders, and attorneys. Tank's Archetypal Mosaic first premiered in 2015.