Bosoms, Heaving
Blithe Spirits
Romance, romance, romantic, Romantic, Romanticism, 1789-2017 Academics have recently "discovered" romance novels--bodice rippers, Regencies, love stories--but the ideas in these books have a deep history, one that links them to Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron, and Jane Austen. This episode, I look at the steamy bits and their social and political foremothers. From Romanticism to the romance novel, what can we learn about reading, imagination, women, and opposition? Featured songs in this episode: “eros vibraphone,” The Books, ShortDocs 2010 “Rise and Shine,” Audio Binger “Pulsars,”...
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Reader, I Tweeted Him
Blithe Spirits
140 characters to 400 pages, 1847-2017. Humans are hard-wired to love stories--and the more personal the tale the better. But with every narrative there come certain complications: the audience, the author, the text. This week we delve into the surprising connections between Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Twitter. We start with Patton Oswalt, take a couple of detours into Shakespeare and Jane Austen, and think about publishing, freedom of expression, and identity. Oh, and we all agree that St. John Rivers is the absolute worst. Blithe Spirits is written, performed, and edited by Halina...
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Hungry Hearts
Blithe Spirits
Two men, two volumes, a river and a sea. 1842-1980. We may think that Bruce Springsteen and Alfred, Lord Tennyson are two very different artists, but once we start digging into their work, interesting similarities arise. Join me as I take a tour of Poems (1842) and The River (1980), with heartbreaking pit-stops, lovely ladies, and lots of wrong terms. Notes & credits: Blithe Spirits is written, performed, and produced by Halina Adams (@Halina_Adams) artwork from author’s private collection and modified by her Music: Kai Engel, “Harbor,” from The Run Bruce Springsteen, “I’m on...
info_outlineRomance, romance, romantic, Romantic, Romanticism, 1789-2017
Academics have recently "discovered" romance novels--bodice rippers, Regencies, love stories--but the ideas in these books have a deep history, one that links them to Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron, and Jane Austen. This episode, I look at the steamy bits and their social and political foremothers. From Romanticism to the romance novel, what can we learn about reading, imagination, women, and opposition?
Featured songs in this episode:
“eros vibraphone,” The Books, ShortDocs 2010
“Rise and Shine,” Audio Binger
“Pulsars,” Podington Bear, Textural
“Light,” Borrtex, Creation
“3,” Bisamråtta, Life on Mars
“machinery,” Kai Engel, caeli
“Love is Not,” Broke for Free, Petal
“Encounter,” Podington Bear, Textural
“Night Caves,” Lee Rosevere, Music for Podcasts 4
“Who, What, When???” Squire Tuck, Who, What, When???
“RUNNING WATERS,” Jason Shaw, Audionautix: Acoustic
“Love (Reprise,” Steve Combs, Love and Fear
“Inamorata,” Blue Dot Sessions, Bodytonic
“Waking up to the Sun,” Pictures of the Floating World, Approach
“Etude,” Ondrosik, Nostalgic and Procrastination
“Lullaby for Democracy,” Doctor Turtle, The Double-Down Two-Step
“Starling,” Podington Bear, Solo Instruments
Recommended Reading:
Pamela Regis, A Natural History of the Romance Novel, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003.
Stephanie Moody, “Identification, Affect, and Escape: Theorizing Popular Romance Reading,” Pedagogy 16, no. 1 (January 2016): 105-123.
Patricia Zakreski, “Tell Me Lies: Lying, Storytelling, and the Romance Novel as Feminist Fiction,” Journal of Popular Romance Studies 2, no. 2 (April 2012): n.p.
Blithe Spirits is written, recorded, and edited by Halina Adams. (c) 2017