Show Notes
Inside Anthony Burgess is a podcast that explores the writing of the author of A Clockwork Orange. Taking in both his fiction and non-fiction, we feature one of his books in each episode, discussing Burgess’s inspirations, his thematic interests, his literary techniques and more.
Napoleon Symphony is one of Anthony Burgess’s most experimental novels. Charting the life of Napoleon Bonaparte from Corsica to Saint Helena, the novel presents a unique vision of post-Revolutionary France and the man who fought to build a French empire through military conquest. Structured around Beethoven’s third symphony, the Eroica, the novel uses myriad voices and a combination of fantasy and reality to portray a man who is both hero and tyrant.
Graham Foster and Andrew Biswell enlist to follow Burgess's Napoleon into battle.
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BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
By Anthony Burgess:
The Malayan Trilogy (1956-59) A Clockwork Orange (1962) Nothing Like the Sun (1964) A Vision of Battlements (1965) Tremor of Intent (1966) M/F (1971) The Clockwork Testament (1974) Beard's Roman Women (1976) Moses (1976) ABBA ABBA (1977) Man of Nazareth (1979) Earthly Powers (1980) The End of the World News (1982) Kingdom of the Wicked (1985) A Dead Man in Deptford (1993)
By others:
In Memoriam by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1850) The Prelude by William Wordsworth (1850) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1867) The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy (1904-8)
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Inside Anthony Burgess is a podcast that explores the writing of the author of A Clockwork Orange. Taking in both his fiction and non-fiction, we feature one of his books in each episode, discussing Burgess’s inspirations, his thematic interests, his literary techniques and more.
Inside Anthony Burgess is a podcast that explores the writing of the author of A Clockwork Orange. Taking in both his fiction and non-fiction, we feature one of his books in each episode, discussing Burgess’s inspirations, his thematic interests, his literary techniques and more.
Inside Anthony Burgess is a podcast that explores the writing of the author of A Clockwork Orange. Taking in both his fiction and non-fiction, we feature one of his books in each episode, discussing Burgess’s inspirations, his thematic interests, his literary techniques and more.
Inside Anthony Burgess is a podcast that explores the writing of the author of A Clockwork Orange. Taking in both his fiction and non-fiction, we feature one of his books in each episode, discussing Burgess’s inspirations, his thematic interests, his literary techniques and more.
Inside Anthony Burgess is a podcast that explores the writing of the author of A Clockwork Orange. Taking in both his fiction and non-fiction, we feature one of his books in each episode, discussing Burgess’s inspirations, his thematic interests, his literary techniques and more.