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Lusty Literature

Julia Robertson

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Frequency: 1 episode/2d. Total Eps: 4

“Lusty Literature” is hosted by Julia Robertson, actor, writer and lover of saucy books. Described as “PBS After-Dark”, each episode stars steamy excerpts from racy novels and/or sexy poems. Plus, you’ll learn about the lives of famous writers from John Donne to Edith Wharton. (Warning: this show discusses more boobs than “Bridgerton” and offers more gasps than “Masterpiece Theatre”.) #Romance #Poetry #Satire

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - Relationships
05/09/2024
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S1E3 - Episode Three The Clerics

Season 1 · Episode 3

Tuesday, August 27, 2024 • Duration 18:35

John Donne and Robert Herrick, English clerics born in the late 1500s, were renowned for their rude poetry.

John Donne, prior to becoming Dean of London’s St Paul’s Cathedral, was a former gentleman privateer who attempted to seize gold held within the bowels of Spanish galleons at sea.

Robert Herrick, meanwhile, from his pretty parish in Devon loved nothing more than writing odes to women’s breasts before re-dipping his inky quill into his pot to pen another sermon.

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S1E2 - Episode Two The Royal Court

Season 1 · Episode 2

Tuesday, August 27, 2024 • Duration 17:30

In the Royal Court of King Henry the 8th, and that of his daughter, Queen Elizabeth the 1st, romantic courtship and flirtation were elevated to an art form.

In this episode, we’ll swoon over the seduction techniques of William Shakespeare to Sir Thomas Wyatt. Plus, we’ll relax to Tudor-inspired meditation.

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S1E1 - Episode One The Ancients

Season 1 · Episode 1

Tuesday, August 27, 2024 • Duration 17:15

What were erotic poems like thousands of years ago?

Find out, as we travel back in time to explore lust and laughter in Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.

Along the way, we’ll talk about Sappho (arguably the world’s first great erotic poet) and the controversial Ovid.

Let's set sail.

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Introducing Lusty Literature!

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 • Duration 01:02

“Lusty Literature” is hosted by Julia Robertson, actor, writer and lover of saucy books. Described as “PBS After-Dark”, each episode stars steamy excerpts from racy novels and/or sexy poems. Plus, you’ll learn about the lives of famous writers from John Donne to Edith Wharton. (Warning: this show discusses more boobs than “Bridgerton” and offers more gasps than “Masterpiece Theatre”.) #Romance #Poetry #Satire

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