Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood"

Georgetown University English professor Christopher Shinn discussed the history and cultural reception of Truman Capote's 1967"In Cold Blood" as well as its impact on the genres of pulp fiction and true crime novels.
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[@seanbatiz6620]

This was an excellent listen session; THANK YOU!

[@Tracey-j2s]

I admire your lecture no one will ever know why

[@Edo9River]

Senseless violence always captures the imagination. And as a representative of American culture, this is a great distortion of our history which this novel purports to document to some extent.. there’s a blurring between history and art. My class of Japanese learners understandably have some confusion over what is artistic exaggeration and what is an honest examination of our culture.

[@personofinterest8731]

Best read I can remember, and then Jon Krakauer's Under the Banner of Heaven.

[@nessunodorme3888]

That was an interesting look at a literary milestone. Slight correction: As the speaker mentioned, the book was published in 1966, not 1967 as in the description.

[@anonkarma2.027]

I’ve read some short stories compendium of Thurman Capote. Outstanding pen. Great fact literature 🙏🏻

[@Crumphorn]

Thurman?

[@anonkarma2.027]

@@Crumphorn autocorrect kicked in 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@personofinterest8731]

I remember cutting my true crime teeth on the true crine detective conics in the 50's.

[@Edo9River]

True Detective, is this mixing of actual detective work and the fiction known which makes fiction and which is reality?

[@BeerbohmBlair]

4666 Gibson Meadows

[@Tracey-j2s]

I studied the book why do you call it a novel non fiction a true account of such human action of suffering .

[@Edo9River]

Dr. H. H. Holmes?

[@keytyper4296]

Ugh, the genre name you are clumsily searching for is creative nonfiction.

[@aaronlaflin8266]

This guy is an awful public speaker. Yikes.

[@MultiSerafins]

I don't mean to be unkind, but I was surprised to read the speaker is a professor at Georgetown. He mispronounced "indemnity" several times, attributed the character of Mike Hammer to Dashiell Hammett, and throughout, summarized rather than analyzed.

[@kevinhagopian2072]

Yes. It's unusual for a department to intervene in a case like this, and that's a shame. He should start by watching more organized and engaged lecturers- a great lecture on a subject as intrinsically interesting as In Cold Blood could be truly exciting to watch, and inspiring to young students.

[@ern-cap]

I agree. He sounds like an idiot