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Every book Dennis Duncan recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Dennis Duncan has recommended or discussed 9 books on podcasts, as of February 25, 2022.
- Dennis Duncan has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of February 25, 2022.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of February 25, 2022.
- The 3 books Dennis Duncan has mentioned in the most episodes, as of February 25, 2022: The stuffed owl, Clarissa; or, The history of a young lady: comprehending the most important concerns of private life; and particularly shewing the distresses that may attend the misconduct both of parents and children, in relation to marriage .. and Emma.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Dennis Duncan aired on February 25, 2022.
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Dennis Duncan’s most recommended books
- The stuffed owl by D. B. Wyndham Lewis
- Clarissa; or, The history of a young lady: comprehending the most important concerns of private life; and particularly shewing the distresses that may attend the misconduct both of parents and children, in relation to marriage .. by Samuel Richardson
- Emma by Jane Austen
- Life: A User's Manual by Georges Perec
- Orlando by Virginia Woolf
- Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
- Pamela by Samuel Richardson
- Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll
- The Sinking of the Odradek Stadium and Other Novels by Harry Mathews
Dennis Duncan appeared on The Book Review to discuss the history and mechanics of indexes, sharing insights from his research into various literary works. During the episode, Duncan cited D. B. Wyndham Lewis's early-20th-century poetry anthology The Stuffed Owl as featuring one of his favorite snarky indexes. He also discussed Georges Perec's masterpiece Life: A User's Manual while explaining the inspiration behind his research into Oulipo group novels, and mentioned Harry Mathews's book The Sinking of the Odradek Stadium as another example of a novel featuring an index. Furthermore, Duncan referenced Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando and Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire to illustrate how fictional works incorporate indexes. He also discussed Samuel Richardson writing indexes for his novels Pamela and Clarissa, and noted that Lewis Carroll included an index in his final novel, Sylvie and Bruno. Through these varied examples, Duncan highlighted the diverse and often overlooked ways authors have utilized indexes throughout literary history, weaving historical context into a discussion of form and textual navigation.
Books recommended by Dennis Duncan
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The stuffed owl
The Stuffed Owl by D.
Recommended“there's a really good one from 19 29 it's it's from a book called The Stuffed owl which is a poetry anthology early 20th century poetry anthology”
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Clarissa; or, The history of a young lady: comprehending the most important concerns of private life; and particularly shewing the distresses that may attend the misconduct both of parents and children, in relation to marriage ..
Clarissa; or, The history of a young lady by Samuel Richardson is an expansive epistolary novel detailing the tragic story of a virtuous young woman whose attempts to escape forced marriage lead to severe distress and downfall.
Discussed“he writes an index for Isa”
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Emma
Emma by Jane Austen is a classic novel about a young woman engaging in matchmaking and social maneuvering in Regency England.
Discussed“I know that I'm going to want to look something up in Jane Austin's Emma or something like that”
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Life: A User's Manual
Life: A User's Manual by Georges Perec is a monumental, intricately structured masterpiece of contemporary literature that maps out the lives of apartment building residents in Paris with breathtaking detail and inventiveness.
Discussed“sometime maybe about 10 years ago I just occurred to me that several novels by the members of this group there's there's peric Masterpiece life a users manual”
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Orlando
Orlando is a classic novel by Virginia Woolf that follows a protagonist who changes sex over centuries and lives through multiple eras of history.
Discussed“so Virginia wolf Orlando has an index”
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Pale Fire
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov is a complex postmodern novel structured as a long narrative poem with an extensive, eccentric commentary and index written by a deranged scholar.
Discussed“nabokov's pale fly has an index”
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Pamela
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson is a pioneering 18th-century epistolary novel that tells the story of a devoted maidservant defending her virtue against her master, who eventually marries her.
Discussed“Samuel richon writes an index for Pamela”
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Sylvie and Bruno
Discussed“LS Carroll has an index for his last novel Sylvan Bruno”
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The Sinking of the Odradek Stadium and Other Novels
Discussed“there's also a book by the American member of the group called Harry Matthews called the sinking of the odek stadium”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| The Invention of the Index | The Book Review | 2022-02-25 | 9 |