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The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien's Legacy |
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the publication of the final volume of Tolkien’s fantasy epic… |
Elleke Boehmer, Stuart Lee, Patrick Curry, Dimitra Fimi, Andy Orchard |
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Oriental Tales and Their Influence |
Prof. Warner and Prof. Ballaster begin their conversation with Antoine Galland's translation into… |
Ros Ballaster, Marina Warner |
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"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… |
Stella Tillyard |
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Popular fiction in World War One |
An argument for a more nuanced assessment of the popular literature consumed by the wider public… |
Jane Potter |
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Some Features of Modernism (1890–1939) (handout) |
Handout exploring key features of modernism, including rejection of ossified forms of expression,… |
Carol Peaker |
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George Eliot and The Influence of Science |
Black and White Portrait of George Eliot [Public Domain], via Wikimedia CommonsThroughout all of… |
Charlotte Barrett |
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The Mayor of Casterbridge |
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Far From the Madding Crowd |
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Julian Thompson on Wilkie Collins |
Dr. Julian Thompson considers how Wilkie Collins's fiction was pioneering across a variety of… |
Julian Thompson |
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"Oh, you liar, you storyteller": On Fibbing, Fact and Fabulation |
The first Weinrebe lecture in life-writing was given by Michèle Roberts, Emeritus Professor of… |
Michèle Roberts |
