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Interviews on Great Writers

A series of interviews with academic experts on a number of great writers. Part of the Great Writers Inspire project.

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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

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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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Professor Elleke Boehmer notes the distinct lack of women writers on the Post/Colonial Writing page of the Great Writers... Read more

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DH Lawrence: A Postcolonial Writer?

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Professor Peter McDonald draws on the work of Indian novelist and literary critic, Amit Chaudhuri, to open up new ways o... Read more

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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

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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

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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

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Shakespeare and Voice

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

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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

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