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Seditious Greetings!: The Political Code of "O Come All Ye Faithful"

Send us a textOne of the most theologically and liturgically important Christmas carols may contain coded messages against the Throne of England!Additional Music: "Adeste Fidelis" by Bing Crosby with The Max Terr choir; John Scott Trotter and his orch.; Traditional; Decca (BM 039 ... عرض المزيد

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"Read All About It!": The Rise of the Public Press

Send us a textIn the early 18th century, the public press came to dominate English writing. Pamphlets, newspapers, and periodicals fed the appetite for news and commentary of an ever-hungrier reading public. Richard Steele and Joseph Addison were the great innovators of the perio ... عرض المزيد

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The First English Novel? Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe

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On this trip, we're looking at the conventional candidate for the first modern novel in English. Defoe's story of a resourceful man shipwrecked on a d ...

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The First Ghost Story? Daniel Defoe's "The Apparition of Mrs. Veal"

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For you today, Trick or Treaters, a discussion of what some critics assert is the first modern ghost story in English: Daniel Defoe's 1705 "The Apparit ...

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Modish Men and the Way of the World: The Great Restoration Comedies of Manners

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Well, I probably should have done this episode earlier, since it might have been good for it to precede our other discussions of Resto comedy. But I made a last ...

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