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    Mary Wellesley: 'This place is pryson'

    Mary Wellesley: 'This place is pryson'

    FromThe LRB Podcast

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    Mary Wellesley: 'This place is pryson'

    FromThe LRB Podcast

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    Length:
    26 minutes
    Released:
    Jun 12, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    Mary Wellesley looks inside the cell of a medieval anchorite, and considers why so many women shut themselves away to devote themselves to prayer and contemplation, and what their lives were like.Read Mary Wellesley in the LRB: lrb.me/wellesleypodSign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
    Released:
    Jun 12, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (100)

    On the LRB Podcast you'll find recent (and not so recent) pieces read by the author; our 'Close Reading’ series, in which Seamus Perry and Mark Ford consider 20th century poets through the lens of the pieces written about them in the LRB; and a range of other conversations on topics and writers covered in the paper.