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Smallpox in poetry

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History of the Eighteenth Century in Ten Poems
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Smallpox was rife in the eighteenth century, leaving its mark both on its sufferers, and on the literature of the period. This podcast explores its history in verse.
Smallpox was common during the eighteenth-century, and its aftereffects much discussed and lamented in popular literature. This podcast explores its representation in eighteenth-century verse.

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History of the Eighteenth Century in Ten Poems
People
Elizabeth Atkinson
Keywords
popular culture
eighteenth-century
#greatwriters
disease
smallpox
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 16/09/2013
Duration: 00:07:25

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