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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 understan...
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792 Death and Decay in Early Modern Lyric Poetry (with Eileen Sperry) My Last Book with Bruce Gordon is an episode from The History of Literature by Jacke Wilson. In this episode, Jacke talks to author Eileen Sperry about her book This Body...
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Published Apr 13, 2026, 61:31 long, audio available.
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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 gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate . The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Published Apr 13, 2026 and 61:31 long