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792 Death and Decay in Early Modern Lyric Poetry (with Eileen Sperry) | My Last Book with Bruce Gordon
In this episode, Jacke talks to author Eileen Sperry about her book This Body of Death: Form and Decay in Early Modern Lyric, which examines how the lyric poetry of Shakespeare and his contemporaries shaped our understanding of what it means to be mortal. PLUS a skeleton discovered under a collapsed church floor in the Netherlands might answer a longstanding literary mystery. AND Biblical scholar Bruce Gordon discusses his choice for the last book he will ever read. The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â gabrielruizbernal.comâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â . Help support the show at â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â patreon.com/literatureâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â ...
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