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Format Resource Title Contributor Source Date Published
Audio A Conversation with Katherine Langrish Caroline Batten, Katherine Langrish
Audio C. S. Lewis and 'The Wind in the Willows' Simon Horobin
Audio Brian McClellan Katherine Olley
Audio Faith in fantasy literature Katherine Olley
Audio Elizabeth Knox Alicia Smith
Audio William Morris and E. R. Eddison Collections at the Bodleian Rachael Marsay, Stuart Lee
Audio A Walk around C. S. Lewis's Oxford Simon Horobin
Audio Desiring Dragons: Creative and Critical Responses to the Dragon in 'Beowulf' Laura Varnam
Audio A Conversation With R. F. Kuang Carolyne Larrington, Caroline Batten, R. F. Kuang
Audio An Interview with Elizabeth Knox, author of 'The Absolute Book' Carolyne Larrington, Elizabeth Knox
Audio Oriental Tales and Their Influence Ros Ballaster, Marina Warner
Audio Tolkien's Favourite Tree - The Black Pine Timothy Walker
Audio George MacDonald Caroline Batten, Claire Mulley
Audio Maria Dahvana Headley on 'The Mere Wife' and 'Beowulf' Carolyne Larrington, Maria Dahvana Headley, David Clark
Audio Old Norse in the New World: The Mythology and Politics of Immigration and Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods' Heather O'Donoghue
Audio Susan Cooper Tom Morcom
Audio Discworld and the Modern University Andrew Shamel
Audio Tolkien Archive and Exhibition at Bodleian (Pt 2) Stuart Lee, Catherine McIlwaine
Audio Daoxuan and Chinese Fantasy Literature Nelson Landry
Audio Tolkien Archive and Exhibition at Bodleian (Pt 1) Stuart Lee, Catherine McIlwaine
Audio E.E. Cummings: A Pagan Modernist Alison Rosenblitt
Audio Series Two Episode One: Introducing the Modern Fairies Project Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series-two-episode-one-introducing-modern-fairies-pro…
Audio Series Two Episode Two: Fairy Time and Space Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series-two-episode-two-fairy-time-and-space
Audio Series Two Episode Three: Fairies and Children Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series-two-episode-three-fairies-and-children
Audio Series Two Episode Four: Fairies and the Environment Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series-two-episode-four-fairies-and-environment
Audio Series Two Episode Five: Fairy and Other Transformations Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series-two-episode-five-fairy-and-other-transformatio…
Audio What Tolkien learnt from Beowulf: Representations of Evil Rafael J. Pascual https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/what-tolkien-learnt-beowulf-representations-evil
Audio Key Critical Concepts: Metaphor William Ghosh
Audio Key Critical Concepts: Authorship Emma Smith
Audio The Modern American Novel: An Introduction Tessa Roynon
Audio African American Literature: An Introduction Tessa Roynon
Audio Toni Morrison: An Introduction Tessa Roynon
Audio Hilary Mantel - Bart Van Es and Helen Small in Conversation about Third-Person Narrative in the Cromwell Trilogy Bart van Es, Helen Small
Audio Loathly Ladies Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield, Brian McMahon https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/loathly-ladies
Audio Fairies, Children and Changelings Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield, Brian McMahon, Marry Waterson, Ben Nicholls, Barney Morse-Brown https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/fairies-children-and-changelings
Audio Helpful Fairies Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield, Brian McMahon, Lucy Farrell, Ewan McPherson https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/helpful-fairies
Audio Fairy Wives and Fairy Lovers Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/fairy-wives-and-fairy-lovers
Audio Introducing Fairies and Fairyland Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield, Brian McMahon https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/introducing-fairies-and-fairyland
Audio Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary: 'The Ring of Words' Stuart Lee, Peter Gilliver, Jeremy Marshall, Edmund Weiner https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/tolkien-and-oxford-english-dictionary-ring-words
Audio Tolkien and Languages: Ancient and Invented Elizabeth Solopova, Stuart Lee https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/tolkien-and-languages-ancient-and-invented
Audio Talking Tolkien: The influences of Medieval Literature on the Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien Stuart Lee, Elizabeth Solopova https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/talking-tolkien-influences-medieval-literature-fictio…
Audio J.R.R. Tolkien: Medievalist and Mythmaker Stuart Lee https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/j-r-r-tolkien-medievalist-and-mythmaker
Audio J.R.R. Tolkien 'Beyond the Shoreless Sea' Stuart Lee https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/j-r-r-tolkien-beyond-shoreless-sea
Audio Tolkien and Medieval Literature Elizabeth Solopova https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/tolkien-and-medieval-literature
Audio Tolkien's Languages Elizabeth Solopova https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/tolkiens-languages
Audio The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien's Legacy Elleke Boehmer, Stuart Lee, Patrick Curry, Dimitra Fimi, Andy Orchard https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/lord-rings-tolkiens-legacy-0
Audio Alan Garner Felix Taylor https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/alan-garner
Audio Interview: Catherine Butler Catherine Butler, Will Brockbank https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/interview-catherine-butler
Audio America’s War Culture since 9/11 Patrick Deer, Christine Strandmose Toft https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/americas-war-culture-911
Audio The First World War, India and Empire Santanu Das, Kate McLoughlin https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/first-world-war-india-and-empire