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May 2020
43m 35s

Ep. 242: Stanley Cavell on Tragedy via K...

Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
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Continuing on Cavell's essay "The Avoidance of Love: A Reading of King Lear" (1969), shifting away from Lear in particular to a more general discussion of tragedy and Cavell's psychological insights.

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End song: "Out of Your Hands" by Gretchen's Wheel, i.e., Lindsay Murray, as interviewed for Nakedly Examined Music #81.

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