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Why should we study the humanities?

Challenging the Canon

More episodes from "Challenging the Canon"

Why should we study Old English Literature?

Information about Great Writers Inspire

Why should we study Elizabethan Theatre?

Why should we study medieval romance?

Why should we study the humanities?

Why should we study Johnson?

Why should we study Postcolonial Literature?

Why should we study Chaucer?

Why should we study Shakespeare?

Why should we study Dickens?