| 1 |
What is a Literary Period? |
In this introductory lecture, Clare Bucknell considers how we define a literary period and… |
Clare Bucknell |
| 2 |
The poetry of war |
Explores the aesthetics and impact of war poetry in the early eighteenth century, focussing on… |
Abigail Williams |
| 3 |
The Ladle: a comic poem |
Matthew Prior's The Ladle was one of the most popular poems of the eighteenth century. This podcast… |
Louise Curran |
| 4 |
Music in miscellanies |
Much popular music of the eighteenth century is found in poetic miscellanies. But how was it… |
Giles Lewin |
| 5 |
Pastoral Poetry |
Introduces the poetry of rural life, and its debt to classical sources. |
Kathleen Lawton-Trask |
| 6 |
The life of epigrams |
This podcasts introduces the popular eighteenth century epigram |
Dianne Mitchell |
| 7 |
Petticoats and fashion |
An introduction to the world of fashion and the politics of the petticoat, seen through the poetry… |
Elizabeth Atkinson |
| 8 |
Oriental Tales and Their Influence |
Prof. Warner and Prof. Ballaster begin their conversation with Antoine Galland's translation into… |
Ros Ballaster, Marina Warner |
