An Overview of English Literature

The end of the 18th century was a revolutionary era: the Industrial Revolution changed the way people lived and worked; ... Read more

Gothic literature started in England in 1764 with Horace Walpole’s “The Castle of Otranto”. It then boomed in the 1790s ... Read more

The 18th century is commonly known as the great age of letter writing. Everyone wrote letters! Listen to this episode an... Read more

The rise of the novel as a new literary genre sprang from two main currents: that of the popular and entertaining novel ... Read more

The 18th century was a period of wit, in which authors used different strategies to criticise the politics of the time. ... Read more

In this episode I talk about a dark period in English history, but which had a great impact on the ways of thinking abou... Read more

In this episode you will know more about Daniel Defoe, the author of the famous “Robinson Crusoe”, and about his politic... Read more

In this episode I talk about Eliza Haywood, the main female writer of the first half of the 18th century. She was an imp... Read more

Listen to this episode about the main name in the second literary phase of the long 18th century, which lasted from 1700... Read more

In this episode you will know more about Aphra Behn (1640?-1689), the first professional woman writer in England, who wo... Read more