Oriental Tales and Their Influence
Prof. Warner and Prof. Ballaster begin their conversation with Antoine Galland's translation into French from Arabic of the 'Alf Layla wa-La...
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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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9 episodesKipling, the Elton John of his age?
Professor Elleke Boehmer discusses why Kipling's writing, and his poetry of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in particular,...
Postcolonial Women Writers
Professor Elleke Boehmer notes the distinct lack of women writers on the Post/Colonial Writing page of the Great Writers website, and explor...
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 of how we can think a...
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 this second part, Pet...
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 this first part, Pete...
Aime Cesaire and Derek Walcott
Jason Allen offers a comparative discussion of two important Caribbean poets and playwrights, Aime Cesaire and Derek Walcott, to emphasize t...
Shakespeare and Voice
Linda Gates, Professor of Voice at Northwestern University (USA) discusses how Shakespeare's poetry and plays lend themselves to vocal perfo...
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, she seeks out allusion...