The Hag by Robert Herrick is almost comically simple and cliche... until you realize that in the 1640s, witches were considered REAL. Emily Edwards reads the full text of three witchy poems from the 1600s, the height of the witch hysteria in England, and gives historical context on real life "witch hunts." </div><div>--- </div><div>Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/fuckboisoflit/message">https://anchor.fm/fuckboisoflit/message</a><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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• FBOL is now on Patreon! Subscribe:&nbsp;http://www.patreon.com/msemilyedwards • The podcast about the most groan-worthy, enraging, and sh*t characters in lit. Join host Emily Edwards and a guest for a weekly "book club" discussion on every book you wanted to destroy in English class, but couldn't. Classic literature of Europe and the Americas– everything from mythology to Victorian epics to the modernists– is hard to get through, and each week, we take on a frequently assigned book to talk about all of its highs and lows. These are the Fuckbois of Literature. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.