Dark Heroes are everywhere in contemporary popular culture and they have a long and rebellious literary history unknown to many. Unleashed academics, tutors, and ornamental hermits Alice and Rowan do a deep dive into the development of various dark heroic archetypes on a semi-weekly basis.
Everything from the Gothic villain, the Byronic Hero, and the femme fatale, to the sex appeal of Satan—we've got you covered.
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Alexander Pope's "Epistle to Burlington" (1731) - Part 2
Peter and Alice continue their discussion of Pope's "morality essays," and discuss the eighteenth century, "taste," gardens, architecture, isocolon, ekphrasis, and more!
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4 Oct 2026
Alexander Pope's "Epistle to Burlington" (1731) - Part 1
Peter and Alice begin their discussion of Pope's "morality essays," and discuss the eighteenth century, "taste," the music of poetry, the heroic couplet, and more!
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22 Sept 2026
Richard III: part 14
Peter and Alice continue their discussion of Richard III.
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