| 1 |
Why should we study Old English Literature? |
Dr Francis Leneghan of St Cross College, Oxford, discusses his current research around Beowulf and… |
Francis Leneghan |
| 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 |
Pastoral Poetry |
Introduces the poetry of rural life, and its debt to classical sources. |
Kathleen Lawton-Trask |
| 5 |
The life of epigrams |
This podcasts introduces the popular eighteenth century epigram |
Dianne Mitchell |
| 6 |
Petticoats and fashion |
An introduction to the world of fashion and the politics of the petticoat, seen through the poetry… |
Elizabeth Atkinson |
| 7 |
From Owen's Doomed Youth, to his doomed youth |
Lecture at the event 'Wilfred Owen: From Doomed Youth to the Battle of the Sambre'. Imperial War… |
Jean Moorcroft Wilson |
| 8 |
From Mametz Wood to The General |
Lecture on Siegfried Sassoon given at the Imperial War Museum, London, 12th November 2011. |
Jean Moorcroft Wilson |
| 9 |
The Last Phase |
A discussion on the last phase of the First World War. A talk given at 'Wilfred Owen: From Doomed… |
Max Egremont |
| 10 |
Kipling, the Elton John of his age? |
Professor Elleke Boehmer discusses why Kipling's writing, and his poetry of the late nineteenth and… |
Dominic Davies, Elleke Boehmer |
