Credo Quia Absurdum
The podcast that analyzes and interprets texts (and other pieces of media) from contemporary times and antiquity. Siblings Cat and Anna Jane love stories and love finding the absurdity in them (whether or not that absurdity was intended). Whether beautiful and poignant, creepy and atmospheric, utterly ridiculous, or some combination of the above, we delve deep into what some of our favorite works mean to us.
Credo Quia Absurdum
Queer Love: In which Herman Melville is gay and we don't even make a Moby Dick joke
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Anna Jane & Cat
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Season 1
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Episode 5
In this episode we explore two epistolary romances: one between 17th century samurai and the other between two American writers, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville, with forays into Kabuki theater, scented gel pens, and an honorable mention of Alexander Hamilton's flirty flirty prose.
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Links:
My Dear Boy gay love letter excerpts: http://rictornorton.co.uk/dearboy.htm
All-female theater group: https://www.insidejapantours.com/blog/2017/12/15/takarazuka/
More of Melville and Hawthorne's exchange: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/02/13/herman-melville-nathaniel-hawthorne-love-letters/
Content warnings: Mentions of self harm and suicide, violence, sexual topics