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Bells and Books
Season 2
Episode 151
Published 3 years, 2 months ago
Description
“Bells and Books” deals with 4 Christmas-related literary works - the first is a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The second is listed as a Christmas poem (“The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe - but I have my doubts.) The third (and longest) section is “A Set of Poe” by Indiana writer George Ade. The episode concludes with several lines regarding the season written by non-other than a little-known author named William Shakespeare.
- What was Poe’s opinion of Longfellow?
- Why was Poe like a Kardashian?
- Which stanza of “The Bells” is the most Christmas-like?
- Who wrote “A Set of Poe”?
- What other author has the writer of “A Set of Poe” been compared to?
- What play by Shakespeare has several Christmas themed lines
- 00:00 Intro
- 02:05 Longfellow Intro
- 04:22 I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
- 05:27 The Bells introduction
- 06:18 The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe
- 10:05 “A Set of Poe” by George Ade
- 21:37 Shakespearean lines about the season
- 22:13 Lines from Hamlet
- 22:36 Future episodes
- 23:22 Sources
- 23:47 Outro
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