Sophomore Lit

142: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Apr 18, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Prime of Miss Jean Brody

3min

Miss Gene Brody: A Memoir of a Young Adult

2min

Mural Spark: A Novelist From Scotland

2min

Mural Spark: A Novel About a Problematic Teacher

2min

Jean Brody: A Teacher's Guide to Education

3min

The Death of a Young Boy in World War One

2min

The Class of the Poor

2min

The Narrative Voice of Jean

4min

10.

The Narrative Voice of Jean Brody

2min

11.

The Narrative of Jean Brody

3min

12.

Brody and Rose

4min

13.

The Psychoanalysis of Miss Brody

2min

14.

The Spanish Civil War: A Prequel to World War II

2min

15.

The Importance of Sympathy in the Early 30s

3min

16.

The Aestheticization of Politics

4min

17.

The Tension of a Nun

2min

18.

The Unreliable Narrator of Sandy's Life

2min

19.

The Importance of Contemplation in Sister Helena's Life

3min

20.

The Importance of Relationships in a Film

3min

21.

Prime of the Mischief, Brody, and Maggie Smith

4min

22.

The Prime Miss Jean Brody

4min

Jean, Jean, the roses are red and all of the leaves have gone green, so Glenn Fleishman and John are discussing Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961).

John McCoy with Glenn Fleishman

Referenced Works

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Show Notes & Links

Pants in the Boot

Glenn’s podcast on being divided by a common language.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

Trailer for the film adaptation starring Maggie Smith.

Rod McKuen: Jean

McKuen’s inexplicable theme song for the above.

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