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The History of Literature #145 – Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know – The Story of Lord Byron
http://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL1016135217.mp3 The Later Romantic poet George Gordon Byron, once described by Lady Caroline Lamb as “mad, bad, and dangerous to know,” lived 36 years and became world famous, his astonishing career as a poet matched only by his astonishing record as a breaker of norms, an insatiable lover, a bizarre hedonist, a restless exile, a Continue reading
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History of Literature #86 – Don Juan in Literature (aka The Case of the Red-Hot Lover)
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:17 — 36.9MB) | Embed Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Email | RSS | More From his earliest days as a popular legend, through many appearances in drama and poetry and fiction and film, the sexual conquistador Don Juan has been the vehicle for authors and artists to Continue reading
