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Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2

by Isaac D'ISRAELI (1766 - 1848)

Catholic and Protestant Dramas

This is the second volume of the collected Curiosities of Literature by Isaac D'Israeli. As in volume one, D'Isreali again takes us on a tour around literature, with a dash of history and politics here and there. The subjects are so varied that all listeners can count on learning something new. - Summary by Carolin

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Listen next episodes of Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2:
Acajou and Zirphile , An English Academy of Literature , Anecdotes of the Fairfax Family , Ben Johnson on Translation , Characteristics of Bayle , Charles the First's Love of the Fine Arts , Cicero Viewed as a Collector , Condemned Poets , Domestic History of Sir Edward Coke , Drinking-Customs in England , Felton, the Political Assassin , Introduction of Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate , Johnson's Hints for the Life of Pope , Literary Anecdotes , Medicine and Morals , Modern Literature - Bayle's Critical Dictionary , Of a History of Events which have not Happened , Of Coke's Style, and his Conduct , Of False Political Reports , Of Suppressors and Dilapidators of Manuscripts , On the Hero of Hudibras, Butler Vindicated , On the Ridiculous Titles Assumed by Italian Academies , Parodies , Psalm-Singing , Quotation , Secret History of Authors who have Ruined their Booksellers , Secret History of Charles the First, and his Queen Henrietta , Shenstone's School-Mistress , The History of the Caracci , The History of the Theatre during its Suppression , The Loves of 'The Lady Arabella' , The Minister - Duke of Buckingham, Lord Admiral, Lord General, etc. etc. etc. , The Minister - the Cardinal Duke of Richelieu , The Origin of Dante's Inferno , Tom o' Bedlams