Alex

Canonball

Arts EN ↓ 93 episodes

In this podcast we discuss the European literary canon and the history, culture, philosophy, art, and science that surrounds it.

Author

Alex

Category

Arts

Podcast website

www.vollrathpublishing.com

Latest episode

Jun 5, 2026

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Episodes

Discussing "In Praise Of Folly" And "Against War" By Desiderius Erasmus 01.07.2023

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "In Praise Of Folly," which Desiderius Erasmus wrote in 1511, and "Against War," which he wrote in about 1514.  Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website:  VollrathPublishing.com Also do not hesitate to reach out using the contact form found there.

Discussing "The Divine Comedy" By Dante Alighieri 24.06.2023

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "The Divine Comedy," which was written by Dante Alighieri and completed in 1320.  Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website:  VollrathPublishing.com Also do not hesitate to reach out using the contact form found there.

Discussing "The Imaginary Cuckold," "The Bungler," "Don Juan," And Other Plays By Moliere 16.06.2023

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss some of the writing of the 17th-century French playwright Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known as Moliere.  Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website:  VollrathPublishing.com Also do not hesitate to reach out using the contact form found there.

Discussing "Sir Gawain And The Green Knight" 09.06.2023

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Sir Gawain And The Green Knight," written in the late 14th century by a poet whose name is not known. Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website:  VollrathPublishing.com Also do not hesitate to reach out using the contact form found there.

Discussing "A Journal Of The Plague Year" By Daniel Defoe 05.06.2023

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "A Journal Of The Plague Year," which was written by  Daniel Defoe and published in 1722.  Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website:  VollrathPublishing.com Also do not hesitate to reach out using the contact form found there.

Discussing "On The Aesthetic Education Of Man" By Friedrich Schiller 02.06.2023

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "On The Aesthetic Education Of Man," which was written by  Friedrich Schiller and published in 1795. I have also seen 1794 given as the year of publication.  Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website:  VollrathPublishing.com Also do not hesitate to reach out using the contact form found there.

Discussing "The Notebooks Of Malte Laurids Brigge" By Rainer Maria Rilke 26.05.2023

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "The Notebooks Of Malte Laurids Brigge," which was written by  Rainer Maria Rilke and published in 1910. Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website:  VollrathPublishing.com Also do not hesitate to reach out using the contact form found there.

Discussing "The Red And The Black" By Stendhal 19.05.2023

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "The Red And The Black," which was published in 1830 and written by Marie-Henri Beyle, better known as Stendhal. Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website:  VollrathPublishing.com Also do not hesitate to reach out using the contact form found there.

Discussing "The Consolation Of Philosophy" By Boethius 12.05.2023

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "The Consolation Of Philosophy," which was written by Boethius in about 524. Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website:  VollrathPublishing.com Also do not hesitate to reach out using the contact form found there.

Discussing "Self-Reliance," "Heroism," "The American Scholar," And Other Essays By Ralph Waldo Emerson 02.05.2023

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Self-Reliance," "Heroism," "The American Scholar," and other essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson, who lived in the 19th century. Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website:  VollrathPublishing.com Also do not hesitate to reach out using the contact form found there.

Discussing "The Song Of Roland" 21.04.2023

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "The Song Of Roland" a French epic whose author is unknown and which was put to paper in the late 11th or early 12th century. Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website:  VollrathPublishing.com Also do not hesitate to reach out using the contact form found there.

Discussing "Discourse on Method" by Rene Descartes 14.04.2023

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences" written by Rene Descartes and published in 1637.   Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website:  VollrathPublishing.com Also do not hesitate to reach out using the contact form found there.

Discussing "The History Of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia" by Samuel Johnson 07.04.2023

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia," which was  written by Samuel Johnson and published in 1759. The better-known portrait that I used for the cover of this episode is by Johnson's friend Joshua Reynolds. You can see that other portrait of Johnson by John Opie that I mentioned at this link:  https://upload.wikimedia...

Discussing "Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful" by Edmund Burke 31.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful," which was written by Edmund Burke and published in 1757.  You can see the engraving of the literary club that I mentioned at this link:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/JoshuaReynoldsParty.jpg  Get a copy of my edition of Mary S...

Discussing "Outlines Of Pyrrhonism" By Sextus Empiricus 24.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Outlines Of Pyrrhonism," which was written by Sextus Empiricus in the second century.  Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website:  VollrathPublishing.com Also do not hesitate to reach out using the contact form found there.

Discussing "The Liberty Of Unlicensed Printing" By John Milton 17.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Areopagitica; A Speech Of Mr. John Milton For The Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, To The Parlament Of England," which was written by John Milton and first published in 1644.  Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website:  VollrathPublishing.com Also do not hesitate to reach out using the contact...

Discussing "On Crimes And Punishments" By Cesare Beccaria 03.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "On Crimes And Punishments," which was written by Cesare Beccaria and first published in 1764.  Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website:  VollrathPublishing.com Also do not hesitate to reach out using the contact form found there.

Discussing "Rameau's Nephew" By Denis Diderot 24.02.2023

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Rameau's Nephew," which was written by Denis Diderot and first published in 1805.  Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website:  VollrathPublishing.com Also do not hesitate to reach out using the contact form found there.

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