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Sidney defends the art of poetry against its critics, asserting its ability to inspire virtue and elevate the human spirit. This...7836falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sermons-for-all-the-sundays-in-the-year-sermons-xxvi-xliii-st-alphonsus-liguori--74392645https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74392645Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:01:16 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...19729falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/little-blue-book-646-the-spirit-of-brazilian-literature-isaac-goldberg--74363854https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74363854Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:54 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...5415falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/crisis-a-record-of-the-darker-races-vol-i-no-3-w-e-b-du-bois--74342544https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74342544Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:44 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...9965falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/renascence-a-book-of-verse-walter-crane--74314875https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74314875Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:00:50 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...9620falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/charles-simeon-handley-carr-glyn-moule--74295433https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74295433Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:00:41 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...26919falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/to-the-lighthouse-by-virginia-woolf-contemporary-reviews-1927-various--74273593https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74273593Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:01:01 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...11027falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/essays-on-paul-bourget-mark-twain--74255702https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74255702Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:00:58 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...4548falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mortal-coils-aldous-huxley--74238469https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74238469Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:00:48 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...19101falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/crisis-a-record-of-the-darker-races-vol-i-no-5-w-e-b-du-bois--74222570https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74222570Sun, 30 Aug 2026 09:00:45 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...8664falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bible-kjv-nt-27-revelation-version-2-king-james-version-kjv--74197055https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74197055Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:00:54 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...5283falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fear-and-trembling-selections-soren-kierkegaard--74168244https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74168244Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:53 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...4561falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/excerpts-from-a-bibliography-of-the-work-of-mark-twain-samuel-langhorne-clemens-merle-devore-johnson--74139226https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74139226Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:00:50 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...10360falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-essay-on-criticism--74086710https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74086710Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:01:09 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...2717falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/age-of-reason-version-3-thomas-paine--74062342https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74062342Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:43 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...29458falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/john-donne-s-satires-john-donne--74037806https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74037806Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:02:01 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...4972falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/essays-on-art-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe--74015914https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74015914Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:01:56 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...26132falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/prejudices-first-series-h-l-mencken--73991019https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73991019Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:01:24 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...25253falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/defense-of-poesy-sir-philip-sidney--73967956https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73967956Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:01:31 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...7836falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/traveller-s-narrative-written-to-illustrate-the-episode-of-the-bab-abdu-l-baha-abbas--73945357https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73945357Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:01:38 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...18082falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wild-duck-henrik-ibsen--73920615https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73920615Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:01:16 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...12202falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/supernatural-in-modern-english-fiction-dorothy-scarborough--73895870https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73895870Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:01:41 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...33270falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/imperialism-and-world-politics-part-3-of-4-parker-thomas-moon--73871696https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73871696Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:01:39 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...23862falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poems-of-william-blake-william-blake--73851620https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73851620Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:01:34 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...3303falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/visions-and-revisions-john-cowper-powys--73834940https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73834940Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:02:19 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...24568falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/triumph-of-the-egg-a-book-of-impressions-from-american-life-in-tales-and-poems-sherwood-anderson--73798101https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73798101Tue, 11 Aug 2026 04:42:51 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...25640falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/medieval-english-literature-willliam-paton-ker--73342638https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73342638Sun, 02 Aug 2026 16:54:30 +0000John Middleton Murry"Medieval English Literature" by William Paton Ker offers an insightful exploration of the rich tapestry of literary works from the medieval period in England. Ker delves into the themes, styles, and cultural contexts that shaped the literature of...20711falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/discoveries-essays-in-literary-criticism-john-middleton-murry--72387969https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72387969Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:34:44 +0000John Middleton MurryIntroductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the title of a book by Ben Jonson, and second, because it could be interpreted as meaning that I think there is...23562because,criticism,discoveries,elation,essays,honest,jonson,literary,murry,titlefalsefull