John E Douglas

Phenomenal audiobook!

Revisado: 08-13-22

One of the greatest novels of all time, read expertly by Jim Norton. Norton appropriately and seemingly effortlessly changes tone between quoted passages and narrative. He has an experienced command of Irish accents.

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Greek Tragedy by Prof. Vandiver

Revisado: 05-13-22

Phenomenal series of lectures on all aspects of Greek Tragedy, a literary form that Professor Vandiver explains, with many examples and references to 5th century BC Greek, later Roman and succeeding literary forms, has had a profound impact on world literature over two and a half millennia. Professor Vandiver’s presentation of the material is comprehensive and engaging, and her enthusiasm for the art form is evident in every word she speaks. Must-listen lecture series for all actors, playwrights, theater-goers and anyone else who loves a good story. John Enrico Douglas

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Professor Vandiver is the best

Revisado: 04-29-22

I have listened multiple times to Professor Vandiver’s lecture series on mythology, the Greek tragedies, ancient literature, the Homeric epics and the Aeneid. She carefully examines the subjects she treats, considering multiple scholarly analyses of ancient literature. Consistently with the yawning gaps in surviving works of literature and the limits of archeological/historical evidence, Prof. Vandiver avoids sweeping generalizations. She approaches her subjects with reason and objectivity, while demonstrating a prodigious knowledge and understanding of ancient literature itself and important individual scholars and schools of interpretation of such literature.

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Lavinia by Ursula Le Guin

Revisado: 04-14-22

Phenomenal novel. Imaginative and meticulously researched. I have read the book and twice listened in the following order to Audible editions of Prof. Elizabeth Vandiver’s lectures on The Aeneid, Robert Fagle’s translation of The Aeneid narrated and this wonderful audio production of Lavinia. Drive time is much better with audio books than being bombarded with so much bad news on the radio. Thanks. John Enrico Douglas

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Professor Vandiver is the best!

Revisado: 05-05-17

Prof. Vandiver is the best classicist around. I listen to her lectures over and over. John Douglas

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