Mary Renault's Worldbuilding
<p>Miranda Carter joins Tom to talk about the life and historical fiction of Mary Renault, whose popular and ingenious retellings of stories from Ancient Greece have never been out of print. They discuss her eventful life, which took her from Edwardian East London to apartheid South Africa, and her meticulous classical reconstructions.</p><p>Find further reading on the episode page: <a href="https://lrb.me/maryrenaultpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lrb.me/maryrenaultpod</a></p><p>Subscribe to Close Readings Plus: <a href="https://lrb.me/closereadings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lrb.me/closereadings</a></p><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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Miranda Carter joins Tom to talk about the life and historical fiction of Mary Renault, whose popular and ingenious retellings of stories from Ancient Greece have never been out of print. They discuss her eventful life, which took her from Edwardian East London to apartheid South Africa, and her meticulous classical reconstructions.
Find further reading on the episode page: lrb.me/maryrenaultpod
Subscribe to Close Readings Plus: lrb.me/closereadings
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.