"Bright Metal on a Sullen Ground": The idea of true character in English writing and portraiture
Historian Stella Tillyard delivers the fourth Weinrebe Lecture in Life-Writing and Portraiture. The talk is introduced by College President Hermione Lee.
Date Published:
18 February 2013
Source:
Contributors:
Stella Tillyard
In Collection(s):
Writing lives: biography, autobiography, memoir, life-writing
Keywords:
Fiction, life-writing, #greatwriters, english
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"Bright Metal on a Sullen Ground": The idea of true character in English writing and portraiture at https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via https://dev.writersinspire.it.ox.ac.uk/content/bright-metal-sullen-ground-idea-true-character-english-writing-portraiture. Published on 18 February 2013. Accessed on 14 May 2026.
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