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Mary Leapor

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Great Writers Inspire
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Dr Jennifer Batt talks about Mary Leapor, an 18th Century kitchen maid who wrote accomplished verses and won accolades from literary society.

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Great Writers Inspire
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Jennifer Batt
Keywords
poem
#greatwriters
literature
great writers inspire
mary leapor
eighteenth-century
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 27/03/2012
Duration: 00:12:38

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