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# Title Description Contributor
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
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