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Episode 3: Episode Three: Romantic Poets

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English - February 01, 2021 00:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB
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I get zooted and tell you every single thing I know about several romantic poets.

Topics include: vintage free love; spectral artistic control; obligatory sex on your mother's grave; a great band name; sotadic zones; several compelling reasons not to quit your day job. I bend over backwards not to have to pronounce the name "Bysshe".

(This episode contains some very brief mentions of sexual assault/shit sexual ethics in the Lord Byron section and some talk about terminal illness/suicide with Keats; heads-up if that’s not your preferred listening.)

Also when I refer to Byron’s gossipy letters as Ben Jonson-like I was thinking of BJ’s gossipy convos with William Drummond (https://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/a-bizarre-well-of-jacobean-gossip-ben-jonsons-conversations-with-william-drummond/) — I realize out of context that must be baffling.

Thanks to Briony for her genuinely rich and detailed research suggestions for this episode, and thanks to Wikipedia and the murky mists of memory for the research I actually did.

More reading:
- Follow @JuliaFtacek on Twitter for wonderful 18th century lit content, especially her lecture on Byron’s Manfred through a transfeminine literary lens (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHGOSS_Ci1k)
- The wonderful folks at Romancing The Gothic (https://romancingthegothic.com/)
- Briony’s booklist: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/32906535-bri?shelf=romantic-poets

Cocktails imbibed:
The Chilton (not a fun themed name this time, just a name, courtesy of Texas Monthly)

1.5 oz vodka
Juice of 2 lemons
Soda water (I used carbonated mineral water, like Topo Chico or Gerolsteiner)

Rim glass with salt (or, heretically, with sugar); add ice, vodka, and lemon juice, then top off with soda water. Drink through a straw, or not.

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Music: Danse Macabre - Violin Hook by Kevin MacLeod
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Music: Danse Macabre - Sad Part by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3598-danse-macabre---sad-part
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Music: Danse Macabre - Busy Strings by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3591-danse-macabre---busy-strings
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license