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Season 2, Episode 7: War and Peace and Everything Else

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According to Tolstoy himself, War and Peace was "not a novel, even less is it a poem, and still less a historical chronicle." And in this day and age of publishing, where word count, “readability”, and topical relevance are the lifeline of getting a novel to print, we look at books like War & Peace as something of a relic.

All Episodes - Season 2

The Case for Fan Fiction
Episode 1
The Case for Fan Fiction
 Afrofuturism From Books to Blockbusters
Episode 2
Afrofuturism From Books to Blockbusters
 How Fictional Pandemics Reflect the Real Thing
Episode 3
How Fictional Pandemics Reflect the Real Thing
 Why We Still Love Little Women, 150 Years Later
Episode 4
Why We Still Love Little Women, 150 Years Later
 The Byronic Hero: Isn’t it Byronic?
Episode 5
The Byronic Hero: Isn’t it Byronic?
 The Constructed Languages of JRR Tolkien
Episode 6
The Constructed Languages of JRR Tolkien
 War and Peace and Everything Else
Episode 7
War and Peace and Everything Else
 The It’s Lit! Musical Episode
Episode 8
The It’s Lit! Musical Episode
 The Fiery History of Banned Books
Episode 9
The Fiery History of Banned Books
 The (Stephen) King of Horror
Episode 10
The (Stephen) King of Horror
 Are Graphic Novels... Novels?
Episode 11
Are Graphic Novels... Novels?
 Dune, The Most Important Sci Fi Series Ever?
Episode 12
Dune, The Most Important Sci Fi Series Ever?
 Anne Rice, The Queen of Literary Monsters
Episode 13
Anne Rice, The Queen of Literary Monsters
 Literary Icons You NEED to Know From the Harlem Renaissance
Episode 14
Literary Icons You NEED to Know From the Harlem Renaissance
 How Do You Write a Bestseller?
Episode 15
How Do You Write a Bestseller?
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