The History of English Podcast
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In this episode, we explore the Elizabethan fascination with witchcraft and mysterious creatures like fairies and demons. Those subjects feature prominently in the literature of the period, and they reveal a lot about the world view of the people who lived in England in the late 1500s. Among the texts analyzed in this episode are Reginald Scot’s ‘Discoverie of Witchcraft,’ Christopher Marlowe’s ‘Doctor Faustus,’ Edmund Spenser’s ‘The Faerie Queene,’ and William Shakespeare’s three history plays about Henry VI.
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Episode 8: Indo-European Grammar (Where have all the inflexions gone?)
Episode 7: More Indo-European Words
Episode 6: Indo-European Words
Episode 5: Centum, Satem and the Letter C
Episode 4: A Grimm Brother Resurrects the Dead (…language)
Episode 3: The Indo-European Family Tree
Episode 2: The Indo-European Discovery
Episode 1: Introduction
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