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Why England's Poets Never Spoke of the Black Death (But They Did)
The Black Death killed 62.5% of England's population, yet its poets seemed silent. Or were they? This video unpacks David K. Coley's groundbreaking research on the Pearl Poet, revealing how plague trauma was hidden in plain sight—through double meanings of words like 'spot,' descriptions of rotting flesh, and even architectural advice in Sir Gawain. Discover the secret language of a devastated generation.
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