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The life of epigrams

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History of the Eighteenth Century in Ten Poems
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This podcasts introduces the popular eighteenth century epigram.
Epigrams were hugely popular in the eighteenth century, and this podcast explores some of their appeal.

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History of the Eighteenth Century in Ten Poems
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Dianne Mitchell
Keywords
classical literature
eighteenth century
#greatwriters
poetry
verse forms
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 16/09/2013
Duration: 00:05:51

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