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The Literary Life Podcast · Feb 10, 2026
Episode 315: "Don Juan" by Moliere, Introduction and Act 1
“Renaissance poet whose 'Faerie Queene' Book 1, Canto 4 contains allegorical pageant of Lechery character paralleling Don Juan's motivations”
Molière's Don Juan and its literary sourcesCommedia dell'arte character types and conventionsRoman new comedy (Plautus and Terence) influence on European drama
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Civility: Talking With Those Who Disagree With You
“English writer who used civility discourse to justify bringing Irish people to civilization through colonial domination”
History of Civility as Social VirtueCivility and Religious ToleranceReformation and Rejection of Civil Decorum
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