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Hi! Welcome to the Learning Literature with Purba podcast. My name is Purba Chakraborty. I am an English Literature educator, author, blogger, and content developer from Kolkata, India. Each episode of Learning Literature with Purba is bite-sized, packed with fun facts and information on great literary works, literary devices, literary movements, and literary ages. New episode will be out every Monday and Thursday! You can check out our Youtube Channel www.youtube.com/c/LearningLiteraturewithPurba for interesting and informative videos on English Literature. Follow us on Instagram& Facebook

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Episode 74 : An Introduction by Kamala Das

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2022 8:15

In our series Unforgettable Poems, the last episode that we have is Kamala Das's poem 'An Introduction'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online classes and courses on English Literature and Creative Writing

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Episode 73: Kubla Khan by S.T.Coleridge

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2022 7:27

In our series Unforgettable Poems, next we have Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem 'Kubla Khan'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online classes and courses on English Literature and Creative Writing

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Episode 72: IF by Rudyard Kipling

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2022 5:46

In our series Unforgettable Poems, next we have Rudyard Kipling's inspirational poem 'IF'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online classes and courses on English Literature and Creative Writing

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Episode 71: The Lake Isle of Innisfree by W.B.Yeats

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2022 4:42

In our series Unforgettable Poems, next we have W.B.Yeats' nature poem 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online classes and courses on English Literature and Creative Writing

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Episode 70 : Where the Mind is without Fear by Rabindranath Tagore

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2022 4:55

In our series Unforgettable Poems, next we have Rabindranath Tagore's 'Where the mind is without fear'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online classes and courses on English Literature and Creative Writing

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Episode 69: Hope is the thing with Feathers by Emily Dickinson

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022 3:52

In our series Unforgettable Poems, next we have Emily Dickinson's 'Hope is the thing with feathers'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online classes and courses on English Literature and Creative Writing

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Episode 68 : The Education of Nature by William Wordsworth

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 5:06

In our series Unforgettable Poems, next we have William Wordsworth's 'The Education of Nature'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online classes and courses on English Literature and Creative Writing

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Episode 67 : The Brook by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 4:49

In our series Unforgettable Poems, next we have Alfred Lord Tennyson's 'The Brook'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online classes and courses on English Literature and Creative Writing

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Episode 66: Abou Ben Adhem by Leigh Hunt

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 4:12

In our series Unforgettable Poems, next we have Leigh Hunt's 'Abou Ben Adhem'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online classes and courses on English Literature and Creative Writing

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Episode 65: The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2022 4:49

In our series Unforgettable Poems, next we have William Wordsworths's 'The Solitary Reaper'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online classes and courses on English Literature and Creative Writing

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Episode 64: The Seven Ages of Man by William Shakespeare

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2022 4:51

We begin our new series Unforgettable Poems with William Shakespeare's 'The Seven Ages of Man'. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online classes and courses on English Literature and Creative Writing

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Episode 63: Movement Poets

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2021 3:26

Check out the literary movement of the postmodern age. This is our last episode in the Literary movement Series. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online courses on English Literature and Creative Writing.

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Episode 62: Confessional Poetry

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2021 3:19

Check out this literary movement of the post modern age and the poets associated with it. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online courses on English Literature & Creative Writing

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Episode 61 : Beat Generation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2021 3:21

Check out the literary movement of the postmodern age and the writers associated with it. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online courses on English Literature and Creative Writing.

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Episode 60: Theatre of Oppressed

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 3:18

Check out the literary movement of the post modern age and the founder of it. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online courses on English Literature and Creative Writing.

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Episode 59: Theatre of Absurd

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 4:18

Check out this literary movement of the Post Modern Age and the playwrights associated with it. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of courses on English Literature and Creative Writing.

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Episode 58: Kitchen Sink Realism

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021 3:59

Check out the literary movement of the post modern age and the works associated with it. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online courses on English Literature & Creative Writing.

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Episode 57: Angry Young Men

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 3:42

Check out this popular literary movement of the post modern age. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba to discover online courses on English Literature & Creative Writing.

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Episode 56 : Epic Theatre

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 3:30

Check out the literary movement influenced by Marxism. Visit www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online courses on English Literature & Creative Writing.

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Episode 55 : Theatre of Cruelty

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 3:42

Check out the literary movement of the modern age 'Theatre of Cruelty', its themes, objective and founder. Visit www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online courses on English Literature & Creative Writing.

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Episode 54: Existentialism

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 4:24

Check out the meaning of existentialism and the writers associated with it. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online classes on English Literature and Creative Writing.

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Episode 53: New Apocalyptics

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 4:29

Check out this literary movement of the Modern Age. Also listen to the recitation of Dylan Thomas's famous poem "Do not go gentle into that good night". Visit www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of online courses on English Literature & Creative Writing.

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Episode 52: Black Mountain Poets

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 3:10

Check out who the Black Mountain Poets were, what they believed in, and how they contributed to Post Modern Poetry. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover online courses on English Literature and Creative Writing.

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Episode 51: Stream of Consciousness

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 9:22

Check out the stream of consciousness literary movement along with a short reading of Virginia Woolf's "To the lighthouse". Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of online courses on English Literature & Creative Writing. You can send your poem/short story/article on literature for our upcoming The LLP Magazine, Summer Issue at writerpurbachakraborty@gmail.com

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Episode 50: Bloomsbury Group

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 3:51

Check out this literary group of the Modern Age. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of online courses on English Literature and Creative Writing.

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Episode 49: Lost Generation

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 3:12

Check out who the Lost Generation writers were and why were they called so. Visit our online academy - www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of online courses on English Literature and Creative Writing.

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Episode 48: War Poets

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 6:06

Check out who the war poets were. Also, there is a recitation of the poem 'Strange Meeting' by the most popular war poet, Wilfred Owen. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of online courses on English Literature and Creative Writing.

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Episode 47: Harlem Renaissance

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 3:30

Check out the African American literary movement called Harlem Renaissance. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of online courses for English Literature and Creative Writing.

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Episode 46: Auden Generation + Georgian Poets

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 3:47

Check out the two groups of poets in modern age - the Auden group and the Georgian Poets. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of online courses on English Literature and Creative Writing.

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Episode 45: Rhymer's Club + Irish Dramatic Movement

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 4:08

Know about Rhymer's Club and the Irish Dramatic Movement, both pioneered by W.B.Yeats. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of online courses on English Literature and Creative Writing.

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Episode 44: Surrealism

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 3:35

Check out the literary movement of the modern age - surrealiam. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of online courses on English Literature and Creative Writing.

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Episode 43: Imagism

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 3:31

Check out the meaning of the literary movement, Imagism and the writers associated with it. Also listen to the recitation of the poem 'Oread' by Hilda Doolittle. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of online courses on English Literature and Creative Writing.

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Episode 42: Symbolism

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 3:20

Check out the literary movement, Symbolism and all the writers associated with it. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of online courses on English Literature and Creative Writing.

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Episode 41 : Impressionism

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 3:43

Check out the meaning of the Literary Movement, Impressionism and check out the artists and writers associated with it. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of online classes and courses for English Literature and Creative Writing.

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Episode 40: Naturalism

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 3:40

Check out the meaning and significance of the literary movement, Naturalism. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of online classes and courses on English Literature and Creative Writing.

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Episode 39 : Realism

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 3:13

Check out the meaning and the features of Realism- the dominant movement of the Victorian Age. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of online courses on English Literature & Creative Writing.

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Episode 38: Oxford Movement

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 3:40

Check out the meaning and the importance of the Oxford Movement. Visit our academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of online classes and courses.

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Episode 37: Fireside Poets

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2021 4:37

Check out the meaning, members and the style of Fireside Poets. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of online courses and classes.

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Episode 36: Aestheticism

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 3:11

Check out the meaning, philosophy and members of Aestheticism. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of online courses on English Literature and Creative Writing.

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Episode 35: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 5:48

Check out the meaning and members of the literary movement of the Victorian Age: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of online courses & classes.

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Episode 34: Transcendentalism

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 6:03

Check out the meaning of transcendentalism and the great writers associated with it. (+recitation of an excerpt of Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself"). Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com and check out the wide range of online classes & courses.

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Episode 33: Dark Romanticism

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 4:49

Check out the meaning of Dark Romanticism, a literary movement in the romantic age and check out who were the Dark Romantics. Visit our online academy www.learningliteraturewithpurba.com to discover a wide range of online courses, classes & articles.

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Episode 32: Cockney School of Poetry

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 2:36

Check out the meaning & the poets associated with the Cockney School of Poetry

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Episode 31 : Satanic School of Poetry

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 4:11

Check out this literary school associated with the Romantic Age that helped in the development of the famous Byronic Hero.

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Episode 30: Graveyard Poets & Lake Poets

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 4:48

Check out the meaning and members of Graveyard Poets and Lake Poets who wrote during the Pre-Romantic Age & Romantic Age respectively.

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Episode 29 : KitKat Club & Scriblerus Club

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 3:55

Check out the two literary clubs in the early 18th century and their members.

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Episode 28 : Masque & Commedia dell'arte

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 4:47

Check out the meaning of 2 types of plays - Masque and Commedia dell'arte in English Literature.

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Episode 27 : Cavalier Poets

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2021 3:46

Find out about the Cavalier poets who wrote in the 17th century. Check out the recitation of "To Electra" by Robert Herrick.

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Episode 26 : Metaphysical Poets

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 4:14

Check out the meaning of metaphysical poetry and know about the metaphysical poets.

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Episode 25 : Comedy of Humor & Sons of Ben

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 3:30

Check out the meaning of Comedy of Humor and know who are the Sons of Ben in English Literature

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Episode 24 : University Wits

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2021 3:38

We kickstart the brand new year with a new series of Literary Movements. In this episode, we talk about University Wits.

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