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4.12 Paul Franz and John Pistelli on René Girard and "Romantic Truth"
On today's episode of the Hopkins Press Podcast, Literary Imagination editor Paul Franz introduces the new issue of Literary Imagination, and interviews author/scholar John Pistelli about his new article, "Romantic Truth: Imaginative Authority in the Literary Criticism of René Girard." Engagement with Girard's work has expanded outside of academic and literary circles in recent years, and his ideas have found purchase in economic and political institutions within the U.S. and around the world. In this discussion, Pistellii and Franz look at ways Girard has become an "oracle of the…
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