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'The Cult of the Exotic

BBC Radio 3
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Ancient Egypt is here to stay....at least in Brooklyn and in East Coast universities. Marilyn Butler , English
Fellow at St Hugh's College.
Oxford, reflects on why ancient Egypt has become a fashionable literary setting in the work of Jewish intellectuals who want to address modern America.

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Marilyn Butler
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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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