Episode 251 - Gaston LeRoux's Opera Phantom with Dr. Jerrold E. Hogle
Get ready for a haunting tale of love, obsession, and music that echoes beyond the grave! Join Jennie and Dianne on this week's episode of The Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery podcast as they dive into the world of Gaston LeRoux's classic novel, The Phantom of the Opera, with special guest Professor Jerrold E. Hogle. This week’s episode is particularly special as it coincides with the sold-out fundraiser, Beyond the Grave: The Phantom of the Opera, happening at historic Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs. The event will bring the cemetery to life with a dramatic retelling of the Phantom's timeless tale, set against the haunting backdrop of the cemetery's hallowed grounds.
Professor Hogle, a renowned expert on the novel, shares his insights on the story's enduring appeal and its connections to the city of Paris, where LeRoux drew inspiration. With his extensive background in studying the novel, Hogle takes listeners on an Ordinary Extraordinary journey into the world of Le Fantôme de l'Opéra!
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Jerrold E. Hogle
Professor, Emeritus
Jerrold E. (Jerry) Hogle, whose Ph.D. is from Harvard University (where he won the Howard Mumford Jones Thesis Prize), is an Emeritus Professor and University Distinguished Professor in the University of Arizona’s Department of English. The winner of Guggenheim, Mellon, and other fellowships for research – and recently the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Keats-Shelley Association of America -- he has published extensively (books, essays, and reviews) on English Romantic literature, literary and cultural theory, and the many different forms of the Gothic.
His books include, among others, Shelley’s Process from the Oxford University Press, The Undergrounds of The Phantom of the Opera from Palgrave Macmillan, and The Cambridge Companion to Gothic Fiction from the Cambridge University Press, which has recently been succeeded by a follow-up volume, The Cambridge Companion to the Modern Gothic. He is also a winner of multiple teaching awards for his outstanding classroom work, advising, and mentoring of students, both undergraduate and graduate. These honors include the University Distinguished Professorship, which he has held since 1996, and the Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty Achievement Award (a national honor) for Excellence in Teaching.