Poetic Perplexities: Emerging Visions of Global Empire? Part 2, with Vyzygoth and JQ on The Alembic Files. (2013)

Poetic Perplexities: Emerging Visions of Global Empire? Part 2, with Vyzygoth and JQ on The Alembic Files. (2013)

It is widely understood that artists, including poets and prose writers, possess an acute “cultural radar” that enables them to sense what may lie ahead. How long after the federation of the 13 states did they envision this new country as a possible candidate for empire? Join A.L. Aric as he hosts J.Q. Useless on The Alembic Files, in this second of a multi-part series looking into this question. This segment focuses centrally on The Anarchiad, a long-form satirical poem supporting the Federalist cause and the ratification of the new constitution, published serially in New England newspapers by The Hartford Wits, a group of poets who first began collaborating when they formed a literary society at Yale University. The discussion also touches on other topics of the time such as Shay’s Rebellion and the racist attitude of New England elites toward the American Indian population.

Vyzygoth Internet Archives, Volume I https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-the-vyzygoth-archives-volum-95841757/

Vyzygoth Internet Archives, Volume II https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-the-vyzygoth-archives-volum-95937378/

Vyzygoth Internet Archives, Volume III https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-vyzygoth-archives-volume-3

Vyzygoth Internet Archives, Volume IV https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-vyzygoth-archives-volume-4-451-600

Vyzygoth Internet Archives, Volume V. https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-vyzygoth-archives-volume-5-601-750--6169624.

Vyzygoth Internet Archives, Volume VI. https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-vyzygoth-archives-volume-6-episodes-751-900--6201213

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