Renovatio: The Podcast

Sarah Barnette, a scholar of Victorian literature, speaks with Fr. Francisco Nahoe on great books and the pleasure of reading. The scholar of Victorian literature Sarah Barnette asks as Fr. Francisco Nahoe, who specializes in the earlier Renaissance period, what might be missing in her understanding of Victorian texts, without a fuller grasp of the works that helped to birth to that era. The two discuss what makes great books great, the joy of reading, and the “unruly and intimidating” lineage of great literature.  Sarah Barnette, a frequent contributor to Renovatio, completed her PhD in English literature at the University of Oxford in 2017. Francisco Nahoe, who teaches courses in the trivium and politics at Zaytuna College, is a Roman Catholic priest and Franciscan friar.