{"podcast":{"title":"The Literary Life Podcast","slug":"the-literary-life-podcast-743688","podcast_index_feed_id":743688,"rss_url":"https://theliterarylife.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.theliterary.life/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/8/4/b/0/84b00ee61f70f70b/3000x_podcast_logo.png","author":"Angelina Stanford","episode_count":327,"summary":"Not just book chat! The Literary Life Podcast is an ongoing conversation about the skill and art of reading well and the lost intellectual tradition needed to fully enter into the great works of literature. Experienced teachers Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks (of www.HouseOfHumaneLetters.com) join lifelong reader Cindy Rollins (of www.MorningtimeForMoms.com) for slow reads of classic literature, conversations with book lovers, and an ever-unfolding discussion of how Stories Will Save the World. And check out our sister podcast The Well Read Poem with poet Thomas Banks.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-literary-life-podcast-743688"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 326: \"The Rape of the Lock\" by Alexander Pope","slug":"episode-326-the-rape-of-the-lock-by-alexander-pope","published_at":"2026-04-28T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-literary-life-podcast-743688/episode-326-the-rape-of-the-lock-by-alexander-pope","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-literary-life-podcast-743688","url":"https://theliterarylife.libsyn.com/episode-326-the-rape-of-the-lock-by-alexander-pope","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/tll326mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1228634","summary":"On this week's episode of The Literary Life, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks will discuss Pope's mock epic poem, \" The Rape of the Lock .\" They begin the conversation by talking about two types of satire to set us up for an accurate understand of this poem. They also talk about the form of a mock epic poem and a burlesque. This conversation brings out the various allusions to classical heroic epic poems juxtaposed with the frivolous in this story. You can check out all the latest offerings of mini-classes and webinars, including Heather Goodman's upcoming webinar on P.L. Travers' Mary Poppins , at HouseofHumaneLetters.com . For more show notes, please visit https://theliterary.life/326 .","meta_description":"On this week's episode of The Literary Life, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks will discuss Pope's mock epic poem, \" The Rape of the Lock .\" They begin t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4357,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-literary-life-podcast-743688/episodes/episode-326-the-rape-of-the-lock-by-alexander-pope/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-literary-life-podcast-743688/episode-326-the-rape-of-the-lock-by-alexander-pope.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}