The Marble Faun
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The Marble Faun is a arts podcast hosted by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It has 50 episodes, with the latest published November 2010.
The Marble Faun is Hawthorne's most unusual romance. Writing on the eve of the American Civil War, Hawthorne set his story in a fantastical Italy. The romance mixes elements of a fable, pastoral, Gothic novel, and travel guide. In the spring of 1858, Hawthorne was inspired to write his romance when he saw the Faun of Praxiteles in a Roman sculpture gallery. The theme, characteristic of Hawthorne, is guilt and the Fall of Man. The four main characters are Miriam, a beautiful painter who is compared to Eve, Beatrice Cenci, Lady Macbeth, Judith, and Cleopatra, and is being pursued by a mysterious, threatening Model; Hilda, an innocent copyist who is compared to the Virgin Mary; Kenyon, a sculptor, who represents rationalist humanism; and Donatello, the Count of Monti Beni, who is compared to Adam, resembles the Faun of Praxiteles, and is probably only half human. (Summary by Wikipedia)
arts ·en ·50 episodes
01 - Chapter I: MIRIAM, HILDA, KENYON, DONATELLO
02 - Chapter II: THE FAUN
03 - Chapter III: SUBTERRANEAN REMINISCENCES
04 - Chapter IV: THE SPECTRE OF THE CATACOMB
05 - Chapter V: MIRIAM'S STUDIO
06 - Chapter VI: THE VIRGIN'S SHRINE
07 - Chapter VII: BEATRICE
08 - Chapter VIII: THE SUBURBAN VILLA
09 - Chapter IX: THE FAUN AND NYMPH
10 - Chapter X: THE SYLVAN DANCE
11 - Chapter XI: FRAGMENTARY SENTENCES
12 - Chapter XII: A STROLL ON THE PINCIAN
13 - Chapter XIII: A SCULPTOR'S STUDIO
14 - Chapter XIV: CLEOPATRA
15 - Chapter XV: AN AESTHETIC COMPANY
16 - Chapter XVI: A MOONLIGHT RAMBLE
17 - Chapter XVII: MIRIAM'S TROUBLE
18 - Chapter XVIII: ON THE EDGE OF A PRECIPICE
19 - Chapter XIX: THE FAUN'S TRANSFORMATION
20 - Chapter XX: THE BURIAL CHANT
21 - Chapter XXI: THE DEAD CAPUCHIN
22 - Chapter XXII: THE MEDICI GARDENS
23 - Chapter XXIII: MIRIAM AND HILDA
24 - Chapter XXIV: THE TOWER AMONG THE APENNINES
25 - Chapter XXV: SUNSHINE
26 - Chapter XXVI: THE PEDIGREE OF MONTE BENI
27 - Chapter XXVII: MYTHS
28 - Chapter XXVIII: THE OWL TOWER
29 - Chapter XXIX: ON THE BATTLEMENTS
30 - Chapter XXX: DONATELLO'S BUST
31 - Chapter XXXI: THE MARBLE SALOON
32 - Chapter XXXII: SCENES BY THE WAY
33 - Chapter XXXIII: PICTURED WINDOWS
34 - Chapter XXXIV: MARKET-DAY IN PERUGIA
35 - Chapter XXXV: THE BRONZE PONTIFF'S BENEDICTION
36 - Chapter XXXVI: HILDA'S TOWER
37 - Chapter XXXVII: THE EMPTINESS OF PICTURE GALLERIES
38 - Chapter XXXVIII: ALTARS AND INCENSE
39 - Chapter XXXIX: THE WORLD'S CATHEDRAL
40 - Chapter XL: HILDA AND A FRIEND
41 - Chapter XLI: SNOWDROPS AND MAIDENLY DELIGHTS
42 - Chapter XLII: REMINISCENCES OF MIRIAM
43 - Chapter XLIII: THE EXTINCTION OF A LAMP
44 - Chapter XLIV: THE DESERTED SHRINE
45 - Chapter XLV: THE FLIGHT OF HILDA'S DOVES
46 - Chapter XLVI: A WALK ON THE CAMPAGNA
47 - Chapter XLVII: THE PEASANT AND CONTADINA
48 - Chapter XLVIII: A SCENE IN THE CORSO
49 - Chapter XLIX: A FROLIC OF THE CARNIVAL
50 - Chapter L: MIRIAM, HILDA, KENYON, DONATELLO
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