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Dec 2021
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EP08 - Prufrock Among the Women | Eliot,...

David Anderson and Eric Williams
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T. S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (Part One).  This is the first of two episodes devoted to one of the most famous poems of the twentieth century, wherein Eliot’s enigmatic speaker invites us on an evening stroll through his memories, his fears and his inhibitions.  

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Theme Music: "Nobility" by Wicked Cinema

Opening Passage Music: “If My Companion” by John Dowland, performed by Jon Sayles

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