Unpacking Nabokov's guest appearances

Unpacking Nabokov

The History of Literature

Henry James

Jane Eyre

Emily Dickinson

Soren Kierkegaard

Alfred Hitchcock

Henry David Thoreau

Henry V

Toni Morrison

James Joyce

Frederick Douglass

Walt Whitman

Scott Fitzgerald

Leo Tolstoy

Vladimir Nabokov

George Saunders

OwlTail

Joshua Ferris

“I admire Freud greatly,” the novelist Vladimir Nabokov once said, “as a comic writer.” For Nabokov, Sigmund Freud was “the Viennese witch-doctor,” objectionable for “the vulgar, shabby, fundamentally medieval world” of his ideas. Author Joshua Ferris (The Dinner Party, Then We Came to the End) joins Jacke for a discussion of the author of Lolita and his special hatred for “the Austrian crank with a shabby umbrella.”Learn more about the show at historyofliterature.com. Support the show at patreon.com/literature. ***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“I admire Freud greatly,” the novelist Vladimir Nabokov once said, “as a comic writer.” For Nabokov, Sigmund Freud was “the Viennese witch-doctor,” objectionable for “the vulgar, shabby, fundamentally medieval world” of his ideas. Author Joshua Ferris (<a href="http://amzn.to/2xKaGuP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Dinner Party</a>, <a href="http://amzn.to/2yKWwbp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Then We Came to the End</a>) joins Jacke for a discussion of the author of Lolita and his special hatred for “the Austrian crank with a shabby umbrella.”Learn more about the show at <a href="http://www.historyofliterature.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">historyofliterature.com</a>. Support the show at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/literature" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/literature</a>. ***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the <a href="https://thepodglomerate.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a> and sign up for our <a href="https://thepodglomerate.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=a3da57251c024955428e72bcc&amp;id=abeea0a423" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">newsletter</a> for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our <a href="https://thepodglomerate.com/privacy-policy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Privacy Policy</a>. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like <a href="https://link.chtbl.com/KONblm2B?sid=HOLShowNotes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Storybound</a>, <a href="https://link.chtbl.com/wJsjTkdx?sid=HOLShowNotes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Micheaux Mission</a>, and <a href="https://link.chtbl.com/ZsurgAa4?sid=HOLShowNotes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The History of Standup</a>. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

112 The Novelist and the Witch-Doctor – Unpacking Nabokov’s Case Against Freud (with Joshua Ferris)