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The Great Political Fictions: Phineas Redux

May 30, 2024

The podcast dives into the political intrigue of Anthony Trollope's novel 'Phineas Redux,' exploring power plays, manipulation, and the struggle between principles and pragmatism in the Victorian political landscape. It delves into the complexity of characters, the dynamics of political maneuvering, and the delicate balance between personal integrity and party loyalty.

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'Phineas Redux' explores political parties' duplicity and personal struggles intertwined in Victorian politics.

Trollope's characters embody themes of integrity vs. hypocrisy, questioning political authenticity.

The novel delves into the complexities of truth, power dynamics, and human nature in political fiction.

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Introduction

3min

Exploration of Characterization and Political Realism in a Trollope Novel

5min

Power Play: Political Maneuvering in 'Phineas Redux'

16min

Power Dynamics and Provocation in Political Strategy

4min

Phineas Finn's Struggle in the Political Landscape

26min

Exploring the Conflict between Principles and Love in Relationships

3min

This week's great political novel is Anthony Trollope’s Phineas Redux (1874), his lightly and luridly fictionalised account of parliamentary polarisation in the age of Gladstone and Disraeli. A tale of political and personal melodrama, it explores what happens when political parties steal each other’s clothes and politicians find themselves hung out to dry by their colleagues. A story of integrity and hypocrisy and how hard it is to tell them apart.

Next time: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Coming next month on PPF: The Ideas Behind UK General Elections

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Past Present Future

The Great Political Fictions: Phineas Redux

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

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Deep dives

Introduction of Plushcare's Telehealth Weight Loss Program

Exploration of Anthony Trollope's 'Phineas Redux'

Character Analysis and Plot Overview of 'Phineas Finn'

Exploitation of Hypocrisy in Politics

Reflections on Truth, Politics, and Human Nature in 'Phineas Redux'

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