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Oscar Wilde's Women 16:24

11+ y ago16:24

16:24

Sophie Duncan introduces Oscar Wilde by setting him in an accurate historical context. She then moves on to consider the revolutionary aspects of his four plays Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, A Woman of No Importance and The Importance of Being Earnest.Av Sophie Duncan

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Great Writers Inspire Great Writing 9:23

11+ y ago9:23

9:23

Alex Pryce considers how writers are readers, influenced and inspired by the works of other writers. Taking as a starting point the literary afterlife of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and the influence of Romantic John Keats on the First World War Poet Wilfred Owen, Alex discusses how writers are challenged by precursory writers, and introduces som…

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Julian Thompson on Rudyard Kipling 20:23

11+ y ago20:23

20:23

Dr Julian Thompson considers a writer described by Kingsley Amis as 'our greatest writer of short stories'. In this discussion of Rudyard Kipling, Julian acknowledges Kipling's lack popularity with readers, but argues for the greatness of short stories from across his ouvre and positions them as precursors to modernism.…

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Julian Thompson on Sir Walter Scott 18:14

11+ y ago18:14

18:14

Dr Julian Thompson introduces 'the least read great writer in our literature'. He describes the popularly of Walter Scott in his own time and suggests some highlights of the 'living Scots' of his fiction.Av Julian Thompson

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Shakespeare and Voice 8:14

11+ y ago8:14

8:14

Linda Gates, Professor of Voice at Northwestern University (USA) discusses how Shakespeare's poetry and plays lend themselves to vocal performance by discussing how breath can be used to 'punctuate the thought'.Av Linda Gates

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What is a Classic? English Graduate Conference 2012 Panel Debate, Talk 3 13:02

12y ago13:02

13:02

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, draws on her experience as a trustee of the Booker Prize and as a judge for many other literary prizes to offer a response to the question, 'What is a Classic?'.Av Helena Kennedy

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What is a Classic? English Graduate Conference 2012 Panel Debate, Talk 2 6:09

12y ago6:09

6:09

Judith Luna, the Senior Commissioning Editor at Oxford World's Classics, draws on her practical involvement in re-launching the Oxford World's Classics series in 2008 to give a publisher's take on the question, 'What is a Classic?'.Av Judith Luna

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What is a Classic? English Graduate Conference 2012 Panel Debate, Talk 1 19:27

12y ago19:27

19:27

Dr Ankhi Mukherjee, Wadham college, Oxford, speaks to the question 'What is a Classic?' by examining the residual influence of the Eurocentric literary canon in the age of world literature and emergent formations of canons and classics.Av Ankhi Mukherjee

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Dickens's Points of View 30:12

12y ago30:12

30:12

Professor Jon Mee, University of Warwick, discusses how Dickens's fiction can be considered 'cinematic' by drawing attention to the shifting points of view in Oliver Twist, Our Mutual Friend, and other novels. He relates this to work done in recent and historical adaptations of Dickens's work.Av Jon Mee

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Jane Austen's Manuscripts Explored 9:31

12y ago9:31

9:31

Professor Kathyrn Sutherland from the University of Oxford talks around the manuscripts of Jane Austen, what we can learn from them about her family life but also her writing style and techniques.Av Kathryn Sutherland

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The Watsons: Jane Austen Practising 27:07

12y ago27:07

27:07

Professor Kathryn Sutherland from the University of Oxford talks about some of Jane Austen's manuscripts from the novel "The Watsons" and what we can learn about her from these.Av Kathryn Sutherland

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What is a Great Writer? An academic panel discusses the question. 48:07

12y ago48:07

48:07

In this panel discussion from the Great Writers Inspire Engage Event workshop, Dr Seamus Perry, Dr Margaret Kean, Professor Peter McDonald and Dr Ankhi Mukherjee discuss what we mean when we talk about greatness in writing. Seamus Perry chooses Samuel Taylor Coleridge, inspired as he is by the 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and its myriad possible i…

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Julian Thompson on Wilkie Collins 17:06

12y ago17:06

17:06

Dr. Julian Thompson considers how Wilkie Collins's fiction was pioneering across a variety of genres, including detective fiction and gothic thrillers. He also considers Collins's progressive political outlook, picks out his 'great' work, and indicates how Collins may have influenced Charles Dickens.…

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Chaucer 14:01

12y ago14:01

14:01

Professor Daniel Wakelin discusses the work of Chaucer and explains how he was one of the first to use everyday spoken English as a literary language in the 14th Century.Av Daniel Wakelin

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Ezra Pound 15:10

12y ago15:10

15:10

Dr Rebecca Beasley explains why we should read Pound, someone she considers as the central figure in early 20th Century poetry movements. In this podcast, Rebecca Beasley talks about a poem that Pound published in Blast, the magazine of the vorticist movement -- which Pound joined in 1914. Vorticism was mainly a visual arts movement, founded by Per…

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Mary Leapor 12:38

12y ago12:38

12:38

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

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John Milton 18:31

12y ago18:31

18:31

Dr Anna Beer shares a few short extracts of Milton's poem Lycidas and discusses what they show about Milton's very special qualities as a writer.Av Anna Beer

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The Lure of the East: the Oriental and Philosophical Tale in Eighteenth-Century England 13:05

12y ago13:05

13:05

Professor Ros Ballaster discusses the objectives of oriental tales published in the second half of the 18th Century which use the sheer power of storytelling to conjure up alternative worlds.Av Ros Ballaster

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Only Collect: An Introduction to the World of the Poetic Miscellany 13:42

12y ago13:42

13:42

Dr Abigail Williams, Director of the Digital Miscellanies Index, explains how these popular collections of poetry designed to suit contemporary tastes were used in the 18th Century.Av Abigail Williams

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Why Dickens? 10:26

12y ago10:26

10:26

Dr Robert Douglas-Fairhurst talks of Dickens' life and influences and why these have made his works so popular.Av Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

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J.M. Coetzee 12:57

12y ago12:57

12:57

Professor Peter McDonald gives a talk on the work of South African Nobel Laureate, J.M. Coetzee. Professor McDonald sets out the various less-than-great guises of the writer in Coetzee's fiction. He goes on to consider passages from Foe (1986) and Disgrace (1999) to highlight Coetzee's linguistic disruptiveness that might be considered traits of po…

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Olive Schreiner 11:21

12y ago11:21

11:21

Professor Elleke Boehmer gives a talk on Olive Schreiner (1855-1920), the South African novelist, pioneering feminist, and anti-imperialist polemicist. For Boehmer, Schreiner is not 'great' in the conventional sense (she did not possess the great literary brain of George Eliot, for example), but she is a great inspiration in many spheres: she influ…

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Katherine Mansfield and Rhythm Magazine 20:28

12y ago20:28

20:28

Dr Faith Binckes explains why modernist short story writer and critic Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) is a great writer, highlighting her involvement with the 1911-1913 periodical Rhythm, edited by her second husband John Middleton Murry. Dr Binckes discusses how three stories from 1912 - 'The Woman at the Store', 'How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped', …

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George Eliot - A Very Large Brain 11:08

12y ago11:08

11:08

Dr Catherine Brown gives a talk on George Eliot and her influences.Av Catherine Brown

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William Blake 12:28

12y ago12:28

12:28

Dr David Fallon introduces the poetry, painting, and engraving of William Blake, focusing on the imaginative and visionary aspects of Blake's work and his desire to break the publics 'mind-forg'd manacles'. Dr Fallon also highlights Blake's exposure to the political radicalism of the 1780s and 90s through his work as an engraver for the Unitarian p…

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18th Century Labouring Class Poetry 10:28

12y ago10:28

10:28

Dr Jennifer Batt gives a talk on Stephen Duck, one of the 18th Century labouring-class poets.Av Jennifer Batt

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Jonathan Swift and the Art of Undressing 11:17

12y ago11:17

11:17

Dr Abigail Williams gives a talk on Jonathan Swift and the Art of Undressing.Av Abigail Williams

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Beowulf 12:37

12y ago12:37

12:37

Dr Francis Leneghan gives a talk on Beowulf, one of the most important works in Anglo-Saxon literature. The title of this collaborative project, 'Great Writers Inspire', naturally brings up several questions, most importantly of which is, 'What is a Writer?' In his talk on the Old English poem Beowulf, Francis Leneghan discusses that very concern. …

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Shakespeare and the Stage 15:18

12y ago15:18

15:18

Professor Tiffany Stern gives a talk on William Shakespeare and how his plays were performed in Elizabethan England.Av Tiffany Stern

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Great Writers Inspire

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Oscar Wilde's Women 16:24

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Great Writers Inspire Great Writing 9:23

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Julian Thompson on Rudyard Kipling 20:23

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Julian Thompson on Sir Walter Scott 18:14

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Shakespeare and Voice 8:14

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What is a Classic? English Graduate Conference 2012 Panel Debate, Talk 3 13:02

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What is a Classic? English Graduate Conference 2012 Panel Debate, Talk 2 6:09

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What is a Classic? English Graduate Conference 2012 Panel Debate, Talk 1 19:27

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Dickens's Points of View 30:12

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Jane Austen's Manuscripts Explored 9:31

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The Watsons: Jane Austen Practising 27:07

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What is a Great Writer? An academic panel discusses the question. 48:07

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Julian Thompson on Wilkie Collins 17:06

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Chaucer 14:01

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Ezra Pound 15:10

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Mary Leapor 12:38

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John Milton 18:31

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The Lure of the East: the Oriental and Philosophical Tale in Eighteenth-Century England 13:05

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Only Collect: An Introduction to the World of the Poetic Miscellany 13:42

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Why Dickens? 10:26

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J.M. Coetzee 12:57

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Olive Schreiner 11:21

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Katherine Mansfield and Rhythm Magazine 20:28

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George Eliot - A Very Large Brain 11:08

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William Blake 12:28

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18th Century Labouring Class Poetry 10:28

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Jonathan Swift and the Art of Undressing 11:17

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Beowulf 12:37

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Shakespeare and the Stage 15:18

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