Category Archives: Stewart, Joan Hinde

Foreign Subjects: Languages and God in the Schools

Posted on November 20, 1988 by Steve Weiss

Rosemary Feal and Joan Hinde Stewart dicuss foreign languages in American education–what’s popular, what’s not, teaching methods, and literary criticism and theory. Warren Nord and Ronald Sharp talk about the perils and rewards of teaching religion in American schools. 425 … Continue reading →

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Women’s Literary Studies, Part 2 of 3

Posted on November 25, 1984 by Steve Weiss

Leila Ahmed, Deborah Kaplan, Patricia Meyer Spacks, and Joan Hinde Stewart discuss feminism in the realm of cultural and literary criticism. In the mid-1980s, what were some of the implications of feminism for the production and study of literature, in both … Continue reading →

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Women’s Literary Studies, Part 1 of 3

Posted on November 18, 1984 by Steve Weiss

Barbara Gitenstein, Deborah Kaplan, Patricia Meyer Spacks, and Joan Hinde Stewart address questions of feminist literary criticism. What are its premises, and how does it differ from other forms of literary study? Is literature marked by gender? At the time of this interview, Gitenstein … Continue reading →

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The Art of Literary Translation, Part 1 of 4

Posted on December 4, 1983 by Steve Weiss

Richard Bjornson, Donald Frame, Rainer Schulte, and Joan Hinde Stewart discuss the status and importance of literary translation for both popular and academic audiences, and issues surrounding English translation of foreign works. They debate whether translators are artists (creators) or … Continue reading →

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(1) A Conversation About Colette; (2) Commentary on Spir-Com

Posted on May 22, 1983 by Steve Weiss

Joan Hinde Stewart discusses French novelist Collette (1873-1954). Who was Colette, and what did she write? Why does Colette have a reputation as the author of those books, many of which were semi-autobiographical? What are Colette’s literary merits? Collette’s life … Continue reading →

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The Paideia Proposal, Part 2 of 4

Posted on February 13, 1983 by Steve Weiss

This episode continues a conversation with Mortimer Adler, writer and social critic, who published The Paideia Proposal in 1982. Adler is joined by educators Harold Doster, Edward Fort, Thomas Houlihan, and Joan Hinde Stewart. The Paideia Proposal argues for curriculum … Continue reading →

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The Paideia Proposal, Part 1 of 4

Posted on January 30, 1983 by Steve Weiss

Mortimer Adler is the author of the educational manifesto The Paideia Proposal, written on behalf of the Paideia Group, a committee of scholars, administrators, publishers, professionals, and educators. He is joined by Edward Fort and Gilbert Sewall to discuss the … Continue reading →

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