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Edward Lear's Feelings
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This programme explores appetite, desire, and disgust in Lear.
It studies a range of limericks alongside his diaries and letters, and considers how the author's disgust at his own mental and physical torments finds its way into his work.

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Edward Lear's Feelings
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Jasmine Jagger
Keywords
appetite
disgust
suffering
limerick
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 04/04/2018
Duration: 00:05:42

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