The Modernist Studies Podcast

Anticipating the release of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, this episode considers the legacy of Homer's Odyssey in modernity, especially modern remakes such as James Joyce's Ulysses.

This episode explores the influence of South Asian writers on literary modernism, particularly Rabindranath Tagore and Mulk Raj Anand.

This episode discussed the publication of Virginia Woolf's The Life of Violet in 2025 by Princeton University Press. Edited by Urmila Seshagiri, The Life of Violet is an exciting addition to Woolf's oeuvre, and it engages topics like meta-fiction, fairy tales, and more.

What Midwest Modernism tells us about rural literature and the Rust Belt today.

This podcast episode explores children's literature and its impact of scientific understanding. It examines a story written by famed conservationist Rachel Carson when she was 15 years old as well as a more controversial children's book by Elizabeth Olds titled Deep Treasure: The History of Oil.

How Ernest Hemingway and George Orwell Challenged Far-Right Extremism

How does literature teach us about ethical issues? This podcast episode explores how we might read books like 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' through the lens of bioethics.

What is Radium Age Fiction? Authors such as Karel Capek wrote about nuclear energy before it even existed in the real world -- one reason literature has had an important impact on the scientific world.

What is literary modernism? This podcast episode describes the term "modernism" in literature, using examples such as Franz Kafka to explain key issues like the alienation of the modern world.