EP09 - At the Violet Hour | Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (Part Two)

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EP10 - A Night In the Forest | Shakespeare, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act Four, Scene One. When four young aristocrats and a weaver spend a night in the forest outside of Athens they cross into the world of the faeries. The next morning they struggle to understand what happened. We'd love to hear your thoughts on this epi ...  Show more

Retrospective 01 | From Macbeth to Midsummer (Episodes 1-10)

David and Eric look back over the first series (episodes 1-10) of Professing Literature and David answers some listener questions. We got a great response from listeners and some great questions about episodes 1-10.David also gives a few clues as to what's coming in the next seri ...  Show more

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