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Literature & Film in Lockdown, Part 2: Boccaccio, "The Decameron" (Introduction & First Story)

Season 1 Episode 2

Episode Topic: Boccaccio, "The Decameron" (Introduction & First Story)

The bubonic plague (“Black Death”), which arrived in Italy from China in 1347, …

5 years, 11 months ago

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Literature & Film in Lockdown, Part 3: Hitchcock, "Rear Window" (film)

Season 1 Episode 3

Episode Topic:  Hitchcock, "Rear Window" (film)

Although Alfred Hitchcock’s "Rear Window" (1954) does not take place in the context of a plague, it is…

5 years, 11 months ago

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Literature & Film in Lockdown, Part 4: Camus, "The Plague"

Season 1 Episode 4

Episode Topic: Camus, "The Plague"

Albert Camus’s novel "The Plague" (La peste), published in 1947, tells the story of a group of characters living th…

5 years, 11 months ago

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