{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a71e2f747235c354d4c85d4/6ac5717ceea51f2aa34e3b80?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"\"The Night of the Hunter\" with Megan Nolan","description":"<p>Welcome to The Lost Shelf! - the podcast where we invite authors to rescue a neglected work of literature from obscurity.</p><p><br></p><p>In Episode 3, Art O&#39;Connor and Megan Nolan discuss Davis Grubb&#39;s 1953 thriller &quot;The Night of the Hunter&quot;. Their conversation explores the novel&#39;s Gothic sensibility, historical conceptions of childhood, and Charles Laughton&#39;s celebrated film adaptation. They also consider the work of Leslie Fiedler, the nature of innocence, and the materialist strain in the American imagination.</p><p><br></p><p>Erratum: James Agee&#39;s &quot;A Death in the Family&quot; is set in Knoxville on the Tennessee River, not the Ohio River. Thanks to the wonderful Megan Nolan, Emmet White, and the whole team at The Whistleblower.</p><p><br></p><p>Title song: &#39;Harry Clarke&#39; by Clara Tracey - https://open.spotify.com/album/3laGIMZUEhM0sYvICIgDge</p>","author_name":"Art O'Connor"}