The Great Political Fictions: Lea Ypi on The Wild Duck
<p>The writer and political philosopher Lea Ypi talks about the impact on her of Henrik Ibsen’s&nbsp;<em>The&nbsp;Wild&nbsp;Duck</em>&nbsp;(1884), which she first read when she was eight – thinking it was a children’s book (it isn’t!) – and has been returning to ever since.&nbsp;A play about family and betrayal, idealism and disappointment, temptation and self-destruction, is it also a parable about the illusions of politics?&nbsp;And how might it shake a person’s faith?</p><br><p>Sign up now to PPF+ to get ad-free listening and all our bonus episodes – coming soon a special bonus episode on Philip Roth’s&nbsp;<em>The Plot Against America</em>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ppfideas.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.ppfideas.com</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br><p>Next time: Helen Lewis on&nbsp;<em>To Kill A Mockingbird</em></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Show Notes
The writer and political philosopher Lea Ypi talks about the impact on her of Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck (1884), which she first read when she was eight – thinking it was a children’s book (it isn’t!) – and has been returning to ever since. A play about family and betrayal, idealism and disappointment, temptation and self-destruction, is it also a parable about the illusions of politics? And how might it shake a person’s faith?
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Next time: Helen Lewis on To Kill A Mockingbird
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