Guest on Conversations with Tyler
11 books recommended · 1 episode
Books they recommend that someone else wrote.
“It might be Swift in Tale of a Tub. I don't think I have a good answer for that. I don't think we're very good at mental illness in English fiction.”
A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift
Guest on Conversations with TylerHenry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English
“Now, the premise of this episode is we're going to discuss Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. But that's not the only thing we'll do. But that is what we will start with.”
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
Guest on Conversations with TylerHenry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English
“And I think that's an extraordinarily good novel. I loved reading that book. What made it interesting to you?”
Why: It is exciting on the plot level and has interesting handling of ideas.
Atlas Shrugged (Centennial Ed. HC) by Ayn Rand
Guest on Conversations with TylerHenry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English
“You can contrast it with the end of Taming of the Shrew where it's argued like when she submits, is that a happy thing? Because she's found the only other person in the world who's actually like her.”
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
Guest on Conversations with TylerHenry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English
“So I think basically it picks up where the Merchant of Venice leaves off. It takes the problem of mercy. You remember…”
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Guest on Conversations with TylerHenry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English
“You can cite All's Well That Ends Well, for your point of view also, where there's a coupling based on a trick and deceit and body substitution.”
All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare
Guest on Conversations with TylerHenry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English
“So what's coming from Gulliver's Travels, say? A lot of the objects that Gulliver's have in his pockets, the watches and things. Smith talks about the triviality of these objects but also their use and benefit.”
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Guest on Conversations with TylerHenry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English
“Spencer's Fairy Queen seriously underrated you know this that to me is a top 10 work of all time and basically no one reads it of course because it's very very long…”
Why: It is a top 10 work of all time.
The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser
Guest on Conversations with TylerHenry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English
“Dickens' Bleak House. I will say underrated, in the sense that I know a lot of literary, bookish, well-read people who haven't yet read it. I think it's one of the top works. I think it's the best novel in English.”
Why: It is the best novel in English.
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Guest on Conversations with TylerHenry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English
“Harry Potter. I'm going to have to say appropriately rated. I can't get through them. I feel it's my fault.”
Harry Potter (Series) 1-7 by J. K. Rowling
Guest on Conversations with TylerHenry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English
“I just read Democracy by Henry Adams that I actually thought was really good. Agree. And I think a lot of people in Washington would find it instructive and amusing to read that novel.”
Why: People in Washington would find it instructive and amusing.
Democracy by Henry Adams
Guest on Conversations with TylerHenry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English