Understanding the Body with W.B. Yeats & James Joyce, Part 1: The Body & Mind

Episode Topic:  The Body & Mind

In this segment, Professor Declan Kiberd will situate the series within our current collective experience of the coronavirus pandemic as daily attention is drawn to the vulnerability of our bodies. Introducing readers to two major Irish authors, James Joyce and W.B. Yeats, Kiberd will explain how their work invites readers to interrogate the body and its relationship to the mind, to pain, to history, and to creative expression.

Featured Speakers: 

• Declan Kiberd, Emeritus Donald and Marilyn Keough Professor of Irish Studies and Professor of English and Irish Language and Literature
• Deirdre Mulrooney, writer, filmmaker, radio documentarian, and dance historian
• Evanna Lynch, actress, podcaster, and activist

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This podcast is a part of the Kylemore Book ClubThinkND Series titled "Understanding the Body with W.B. Yeats & James Joyce".

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