| 121 |
History of English Pronunciation |
Do we really know what Chaucer's poetry sounded like? Professor Simon Horobin introduces evidence… |
Simon Horobin |
| 122 |
Henry IV part 1 |
Like generations of theatre-goers, this lecture concentrates on the (large) figure of Sir John… |
Emma Smith |
| 123 |
George Eliot 2. Genre and Justice |
The second lecture in the series on George Eliot considers how narrative justice operates in… |
Catherine Brown |
| 124 |
The Tempest |
That the character of Prospero is a Shakespearean self-portrait is a common reading of The Tempest… |
Emma Smith |
| 125 |
George Eliot 1. Intellect and Consciousness |
In this lecture Dr Catherine Brown brings her discussion to focus primarily upon Eliot's atypical… |
Catherine Brown |
| 126 |
Antony and Cleopatra |
What kind of tragedy is this play, with its two central figures rather than a singular hero? The… |
Emma Smith |
| 127 |
Shakespeare and the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) |
Professor Charlotte Brewer introduces the methodology behind the creation of the OED and how… |
Charlotte Brewer |
| 128 |
Richard II |
Lecture eight in the Approaching Shakespeare series asks the question that structures Richard II:… |
Emma Smith |
| 129 |
Walcott and Naipaul: History and Myth |
Catherine Brown, Lecturer in English Literature, compares West Indian writers Derek Walcott and… |
Catherine Brown |
| 130 |
English and Gender |
Professor Deborah Cameron explores some of the key theories surrounding the use of language by… |
Deborah Cameron |
