Bonus Content - Professor Richard Burt

About this episode

Professor Richard Burt discusses the concept of paratext and the un-reading of classical literature.

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People in this episode

Guest: Professor Richard Burt

Topics covered

• paratext
• un-reading
• literature
• philosophy
• writing

Keywords

• paratext
• Shakespeare
• Derrida
• Plato
• writing
• literature
• philosophy

Mentioned in this episode

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Books & works: Shakespeare

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