
Oriental Tales and Their Influence
Oriental Tales and Their Influence
Prof. Warner and Prof. Ballaster begin their conversation with Antoine Galland's translation into French from Arabic of ... Read more
26 Mar 2013
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27mins

Kipling, the Elton John of his age?
Kipling, the Elton John of his age?
Professor Elleke Boehmer discusses why Kipling's writing, and his poetry of the late nineteenth and early twentieth cent... Read more
8 Oct 2012
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10mins

Postcolonial Women Writers
Postcolonial Women Writers
Professor Elleke Boehmer notes the distinct lack of women writers on the Post/Colonial Writing page of the Great Writers... Read more
8 Oct 2012
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19mins

DH Lawrence: A Postcolonial Writer?
DH Lawrence: A Postcolonial Writer?
Professor Peter McDonald draws on the work of Indian novelist and literary critic, Amit Chaudhuri, to open up new ways o... Read more
28 Aug 2012
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25mins

Joseph Conrad and Postcoloniality - Part 2: Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim
Joseph Conrad and Postcoloniality - Part 2: Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim
Professor Peter McDonald talks to Great Writers Inspire about the Post/Colonial aspects of Joseph Conrad's writing. In t... Read more
28 Aug 2012
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24mins

Joseph Conrad and Postcoloniality - Part 1: Conrad and Chinua Achebe
Joseph Conrad and Postcoloniality - Part 1: Conrad and Chinua Achebe
Professor Peter McDonald talks to Great Writers Inspire about the Post/Colonial aspects of Joseph Conrad's writing. In t... Read more
28 Aug 2012
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15mins

Aime Cesaire and Derek Walcott
Aime Cesaire and Derek Walcott
Jason Allen offers a comparative discussion of two important Caribbean poets and playwrights, Aime Cesaire and Derek Wal... Read more
24 Aug 2012
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39mins

Shakespeare and Voice
Shakespeare and Voice
Linda Gates, Professor of Voice at Northwestern University (USA) discusses how Shakespeare's poetry and plays lend thems... Read more
1 Aug 2012
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8mins

A Discussion of Emily Dickinson's 'I started early, took my dog'.
A Discussion of Emily Dickinson's 'I started early, took my dog'.
Dr Sally Bayley presents an illuminating reading of Emily Dickinson's 'I started early, took my dog'. In her reading, sh... Read more
16 Jul 2012
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16mins