| 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 |
The Merchant of Venice |
This lecture on The Merchant of Venice discusses the ways the play's personal relationships are… |
Emma Smith |
| 4 |
Taming of the Shrew |
Emma Smith uses evidence of early reception and from more recent productions to discuss the… |
Emma Smith |
| 5 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
This lecture on A Midsummer Night's Dream uses modern and early modern understandings of dreams to… |
Emma Smith |
| 6 |
Language and History |
Prof. Simon Horobin examines how the English language has changed over time, addressing such vexed… |
Simon Horobin |
| 7 |
Much Ado About Nothing |
Emma Smith asks why the characters are so quick to believe the self-proclaimed villain Don John,… |
Emma Smith |
| 8 |
Hamlet |
The fact that father and son share the same name in Hamlet is used to investigate the play's… |
Emma Smith |
| 9 |
As You Like It |
Asking 'what happens in As You Like It', this lecture considers the play's dramatic structure and… |
Emma Smith |
| 10 |
King Lear |
Showing how generations of critics - and Shakespeare himself - have rewritten the ending of King… |
Emma Smith |
