poetry

# Title Description Contributor
11 Edward Lear's Feelings: Weeping 'He weeps by the side of the ocean, He weeps on the top of the hill', the poet wrote of himself in… Matthew Bevis, Jasmine Jagger
12 Why should we study Old English Literature? Dr Francis Leneghan of St Cross College, Oxford, discusses his current research around Beowulf and… Francis Leneghan
13 The poetry of war Explores the aesthetics and impact of war poetry in the early eighteenth century, focussing on… Abigail Williams
14 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
15 Pastoral Poetry Introduces the poetry of rural life, and its debt to classical sources. Kathleen Lawton-Trask
16 The life of epigrams This podcasts introduces the popular eighteenth century epigram Dianne Mitchell
17 Petticoats and fashion An introduction to the world of fashion and the politics of the petticoat, seen through the poetry… Elizabeth Atkinson
18 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
19 From Mametz Wood to The General Lecture on Siegfried Sassoon given at the Imperial War Museum, London, 12th November 2011. Jean Moorcroft Wilson
20 The Last Phase A discussion on the last phase of the First World War. A talk given at 'Wilfred Owen: From Doomed… Max Egremont
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