language

# Title Description Contributor
1 Tolkien and Languages: Ancient and Invented Interview with Dr Elizabeth Solopova from the Bodlian Library on the influence of medieval language… Elizabeth Solopova, Stuart Lee
2 Tolkien's Languages These lectures cover an introduction to J R R Tolkien's career, show how medieval literature… Elizabeth Solopova
3 Sarah Howe - Artefacts of Writing In her exquisite first collection, Sarah Howe explores a dual heritage, journeying back to Hong… Peter D McDonald
4 Kirsty Gunn - Artefacts of Writing   At the end of the street where I lived, a street of gracious two-storey houses set in large… Peter D McDonald
5 The Merchant of Venice This lecture on The Merchant of Venice discusses the ways the play's personal relationships are… Emma Smith
6 Taming of the Shrew Emma Smith uses evidence of early reception and from more recent productions to discuss the… Emma Smith
7 A Midsummer Night's Dream This lecture on A Midsummer Night's Dream uses modern and early modern understandings of dreams to… Emma Smith
8 Language and History Prof. Simon Horobin examines how the English language has changed over time, addressing such vexed… Simon Horobin
9 Much Ado About Nothing Emma Smith asks why the characters are so quick to believe the self-proclaimed villain Don John,… Emma Smith
10 Hamlet The fact that father and son share the same name in Hamlet is used to investigate the play's… Emma Smith
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