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Oscar Wilde and J.R.R. Tolkien with Paul Fortunato
Episode 218

Oscar Wilde and J.R.R. Tolkien with Paul Fortunato

Other Life

March 2, 202359m 51s

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Show Notes

Oscar Wilde and J.R.R. Tolkien used consumer culture to create works of art. In this podcast, we try to draw some lessons from their lives. I'm joined by Paul Fortunato, an English professor at the University of Houston Downtown. Paul is also a member of Opus Dei, and the author of a book about Oscar Wilde's "consumer modernism." We discuss how Wilde and Tolkien successfully navigated the "creator economy," as well as Oscar Wilde's little-known Catholicism.

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Topics

paul fortunatooscar wildeaestheticstolkienartcatholicismconsumerismmodernismculturepoliticsphilosophypsychologycreator economy