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The History of Literature #508 — Lord Byron (with David Ellis) | My Last Book with Ariel Lawhon, Susan Meissner, and Kristina McMorris)
The poet Lord Byron is well known as a passionate revolutionary and a brooding hero who harbors dark secrets. But what about his playful sense of humor? In this episode, Jacke talks to Byron biographer David Ellis (Byron) about the Romantic poet’s flamboyant life and work. PLUS Ariel Lawhon, Susan Meissner, and Kristina McMorris, the 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
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The History of Literature #65 – Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (with Professor James Chandler)
By any measure, Mary Shelley (1797-1851) lived a radical life. As the daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, two philosophers devoted to principles of freedom and equality, she grew up in a tumultuous world of exciting new ideas and strong advocacy for social change. After she and the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley eloped Continue reading
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