Hardcore Literature
By Benjamin McEvoy
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Episodes: 74
May 30, 2021
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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 74 - Faust (Goethe)
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May 03, 2024 |
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Ep 73 - The Prince (Machiavelli)
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Ep 72 - The Tragedy of Hamlet (Shakespeare)
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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Ep 71 - Book Club Schedule for 2024
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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Ep 70 - Gothic Literature and the Rise of the Vampire
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Ep 69 - The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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Ep 68 - How to Start Writing Literature (Lessons from Great Writers)
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Ep 67 - How to Create a Powerful Daily Reading Practice
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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Ep 66 - The Bookish Q&A Show (Coffee with Hardcore Literature)
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Ep 65 - How to Possess Poetry by Memory
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Ep 64 - How to Approach a Special Author Project
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Ep 63 - Reflecting on Life, Literature & Reading the Great Books
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Ep 62 - Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus)
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Ep 61 - How Much Land Does A Man Need? (Tolstoy)
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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Ep 60 - The Tragedy of Macbeth (Shakespeare)
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Ep 59 - The Book of Job (Reading the Bible as Great Literature)
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Ep 58 - How to Make 2023 Your Greatest Reading Year (and Lessons from the Great Books)
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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Ep 57 - The Best Beginnings in Great Literature
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Ep 56 - How to Read in Times of Need
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Ep 55 - Shakespeare's Comedies
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Ep 54 - The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
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May 02, 2022 |
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Ep 53 - The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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Ep 52 - Reflecting on the Great Books on my Birthday
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Ep 51 - The Anxiety of Influence (Harold Bloom)
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Ep 50 - Reading Goals for 2022
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Ep 49 - A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Ep 48 - Book Club Schedule for 2022
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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Ep 48 - Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Ep 47 - How the Great Books Saved My Life
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Ep 46 - How to Write a Book Review
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Ep 45 - How to Overcome the Challenges Facing Readers Today
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Ep 44 - Don Quixote (Cervantes)
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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Ep 43 - Self-Reliance (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Ep 42 - Siddharta (Hermann Hesse)
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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Ep 41 - Our Favourite Comfort Reads
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Ep 40 - Shakespeare's Tragedies
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Ep 39 - Literature I'm Loving Right Now
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Ep 38 - The Bhagavad Gita
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Ep 37 - Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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Ep 36 - How to Read World Literature in Translation
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Jul 11, 2021 |
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Ep 35 - Persuasion (Jane Austen)
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Ep 34 - The Poems of Emily Dickinson
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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Ep 33 - Crime and Punishment (Dostoyevsky)
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Ep 32 - Lessons Learned from Running a Book Club
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Ep 31 - Milton's Paradise Lost (Book I)
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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Ep 30 - Answering Your Bookish Questions - The Q&A Show
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May 28, 2021 |
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Ep 29 - How to Live the Great Books (Approaches to Literature)
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May 12, 2021 |
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Ep 28 - The Gulag Archipelago (Solzhenitsyn)
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May 03, 2021 |
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Ep 27 - Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Ep 26 - Man and His Symbols (Carl Jung)
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Ep 25 - The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Ep 24 - How to Heal Your Trauma with Literature (A Guide to Bibliotherapy)
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Ep 23 - How to Read Imaginative Literature (Lessons from Lockdown)
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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Ep 22 - Join the Hardcore Literature Book Club
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Ep 21 - What Is Art? (Tolstoy)
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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Ep 20 - Shakespeare's Sonnets
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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Ep 19 - Reading and Life Goals for 2021
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Dec 27, 2020 |
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Ep 18 - The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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Ep 17 - The Screwtape Letters (C. S. Lewis)
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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Ep 16 - Richard III (Shakespeare)
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Ep 15 - The Q&A Show: Answering Your Questions About Books, Reading & Literature
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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Ep 14 - The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Ep 12 - How to Talk to Your Shadow: Practical Tips from Jungian Psychology
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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Ep 11 - Metamorphoses (Ovid)
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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Ep 10 - Aristotle's Virtues: Ambition and Good Temper
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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Ep 9 - How to Read and Appreciate Short Stories
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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Ep 8 - How to Read the Complete Works of Shakespeare in a Year
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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Ep 7 - Aristotle's Virtues: Magnificence and Pride
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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Ep 6 - Aristotle’s Virtues: Courage, Temperance, Generosity
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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Ep 5 - The Poetry of Rumi
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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Ep 4 - The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
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Dec 26, 2019 |
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Ep 3 - Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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Ep 2 - Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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Ep 1 - The Prophet (Khalil Gibran)
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Oct 30, 2019 |