Podcast terbaik Great Writers (2024)

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Girlfriends: Sarah Orne Jewett 28:30

4M ago28:30

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Tess and Brock dive into the unconventional life of Sarah Orne Jewett by first venturing to Berwick Academy, the school that Jewett attended. As an alum, Jewett was somewhat of a “patron saint”, and there are still students there who read and relate to her wild ways. At Jewett’s house, Tess and Brock are fascinated by her desk due to its unexpected…

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Making Friends at the Nathaniel Hawthorne House 28:11

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Tess and Brock explore Nathanial Hawthorne’s childhood home in Raymond, Maine. Hawthorne’s writing colors the house as an idyllic childhood summer home and so it remains. Today, the local community uses the house as a space to come together—like it or not, Hawthorne! Tess and Brock remain persistent in their attempts to reveal the true story of Haw…

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An Unlikely Visitor: James Weldon Johnson 28:14

4M ago28:14

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Tess and Brock travel to Wiscasset, ME, to investigate the scene of James Weldon Johnson’s tragic death in a train accident. Author Russell Rymer gives us a glimpse of Johnson's life as a Black poet, diplomat, novelist, and activist—Johnson was a jack of all trades, master of all. Poet C.S. Giscombe discuss Johnson’s The Autobiography of an Ex-Colo…

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Volcano: Edna St. Vincent Millay 28:23

4M ago28:23

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Tess and Brock put the spotlight on Edna St. Vincent Millay, the 20th century poet and feminist icon. Millay was notorious for her active “social life” among the NYC art scene during the height of the roaring ‘20s, but Tess and Brock focus on her prolific writing. Poet Gillian Obsorne has admired Millay for her eloquent expression of feminine angst…

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Who do you Love?: Edwin Arlington Robinson 28:07

4M ago28:07

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Tess and Brock try to get on the same wavelength as Edwin Arlington Robinson, also known as EAR, by visiting his birthplace in Gardiner, ME. To get inside the head of the poet they talk with Richard Russo. Russo and EAR share more similarities than their status as Pulitzer prize winning Maine authors—both of their work focuses on growing up in smal…

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Mr. Popularity: Henry Wadsworth-Longfellow 28:58

4M ago28:58

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Tess and Brock get to know Henry Wadsworth-Longfellow, the so-called hometown poet of Portland, ME. To find out whether Longfellow’s fame is justified, Tess and Brock head down to the Wadsworth-Longfellow house in the center of town. Longfellow wrote his first poem and other works in the house, but the house doesn’t just honor him but the whole Lon…

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Secret Encounter: Harriet Beecher Stowe 28:58

4M ago28:58

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Tess and Brock stay close to home while studying Harriet Beecher Stowe, the 19th-century author famous for writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Susanna Aston tells the harrowing story of how Stowe harbored fugitive slave John Andrew Jackson, and how one decision can change the course of history. Mentioned: Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe A Plausib…

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Oscar Wilde's Women 16:24

12y ago16:24

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Sophie Duncan introduces Oscar Wilde by setting him in an accurate historical context. She then moves on to consider the revolutionary aspects of his four plays Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, A Woman of No Importance and The Importance of Being Earnest.Oleh Sophie Duncan

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Great Writers Inspire Great Writing 9:23

12y ago9:23

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Alex Pryce considers how writers are readers, influenced and inspired by the works of other writers. Taking as a starting point the literary afterlife of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and the influence of Romantic John Keats on the First World War Poet Wilfred Owen, Alex discusses how writers are challenged by precursory writers, and introduces som…

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Julian Thompson on Rudyard Kipling 20:23

12y ago20:23

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Dr Julian Thompson considers a writer described by Kingsley Amis as 'our greatest writer of short stories'. In this discussion of Rudyard Kipling, Julian acknowledges Kipling's lack popularity with readers, but argues for the greatness of short stories from across his ouvre and positions them as precursors to modernism.…

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Julian Thompson on Sir Walter Scott 18:14

12+ y ago18:14

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Dr Julian Thompson introduces 'the least read great writer in our literature'. He describes the popularly of Walter Scott in his own time and suggests some highlights of the 'living Scots' of his fiction.Oleh Julian Thompson

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Shakespeare and Voice 8:14

12+ y ago8:14

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Linda Gates, Professor of Voice at Northwestern University (USA) discusses how Shakespeare's poetry and plays lend themselves to vocal performance by discussing how breath can be used to 'punctuate the thought'.Oleh Linda Gates

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What is a Classic? English Graduate Conference 2012 Panel Debate, Talk 3 13:02

12+ y ago13:02

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Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, draws on her experience as a trustee of the Booker Prize and as a judge for many other literary prizes to offer a response to the question, 'What is a Classic?'.Oleh Helena Kennedy

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What is a Classic? English Graduate Conference 2012 Panel Debate, Talk 2 6:09

12+ y ago6:09

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Judith Luna, the Senior Commissioning Editor at Oxford World's Classics, draws on her practical involvement in re-launching the Oxford World's Classics series in 2008 to give a publisher's take on the question, 'What is a Classic?'.Oleh Judith Luna

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What is a Classic? English Graduate Conference 2012 Panel Debate, Talk 1 19:27

12+ y ago19:27

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Dr Ankhi Mukherjee, Wadham college, Oxford, speaks to the question 'What is a Classic?' by examining the residual influence of the Eurocentric literary canon in the age of world literature and emergent formations of canons and classics.Oleh Ankhi Mukherjee

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Dickens's Points of View 30:12

12+ y ago30:12

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Professor Jon Mee, University of Warwick, discusses how Dickens's fiction can be considered 'cinematic' by drawing attention to the shifting points of view in Oliver Twist, Our Mutual Friend, and other novels. He relates this to work done in recent and historical adaptations of Dickens's work.Oleh Jon Mee

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Jane Austen's Manuscripts Explored 9:31

12+ y ago9:31

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Professor Kathyrn Sutherland from the University of Oxford talks around the manuscripts of Jane Austen, what we can learn from them about her family life but also her writing style and techniques.Oleh Kathryn Sutherland

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The Watsons: Jane Austen Practising 27:07

12+ y ago27:07

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Professor Kathryn Sutherland from the University of Oxford talks about some of Jane Austen's manuscripts from the novel "The Watsons" and what we can learn about her from these.Oleh Kathryn Sutherland

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What is a Great Writer? An academic panel discusses the question. 48:07

12+ y ago48:07

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In this panel discussion from the Great Writers Inspire Engage Event workshop, Dr Seamus Perry, Dr Margaret Kean, Professor Peter McDonald and Dr Ankhi Mukherjee discuss what we mean when we talk about greatness in writing. Seamus Perry chooses Samuel Taylor Coleridge, inspired as he is by the 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and its myriad possible i…

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Julian Thompson on Wilkie Collins 17:06

12+ y ago17:06

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Dr. Julian Thompson considers how Wilkie Collins's fiction was pioneering across a variety of genres, including detective fiction and gothic thrillers. He also considers Collins's progressive political outlook, picks out his 'great' work, and indicates how Collins may have influenced Charles Dickens.…

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Chaucer 14:01

12+ y ago14:01

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Professor Daniel Wakelin discusses the work of Chaucer and explains how he was one of the first to use everyday spoken English as a literary language in the 14th Century.Oleh Daniel Wakelin

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Ezra Pound 15:10

12+ y ago15:10

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Dr Rebecca Beasley explains why we should read Pound, someone she considers as the central figure in early 20th Century poetry movements. In this podcast, Rebecca Beasley talks about a poem that Pound published in Blast, the magazine of the vorticist movement -- which Pound joined in 1914. Vorticism was mainly a visual arts movement, founded by Per…

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Mary Leapor 12:38

12+ y ago12:38

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Dr Jennifer Batt talks about Mary Leapor, an 18th Century kitchen maid who wrote accomplished verses and won accolades from literary society.Oleh Jennifer Batt

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John Milton 18:31

12+ y ago18:31

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Dr Anna Beer shares a few short extracts of Milton's poem Lycidas and discusses what they show about Milton's very special qualities as a writer.Oleh Anna Beer

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The Lure of the East: the Oriental and Philosophical Tale in Eighteenth-Century England 13:05

12+ y ago13:05

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Professor Ros Ballaster discusses the objectives of oriental tales published in the second half of the 18th Century which use the sheer power of storytelling to conjure up alternative worlds.Oleh Ros Ballaster

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Only Collect: An Introduction to the World of the Poetic Miscellany 13:42

12+ y ago13:42

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Dr Abigail Williams, Director of the Digital Miscellanies Index, explains how these popular collections of poetry designed to suit contemporary tastes were used in the 18th Century.Oleh Abigail Williams

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Why Dickens? 10:26

12+ y ago10:26

10:26

Dr Robert Douglas-Fairhurst talks of Dickens' life and influences and why these have made his works so popular.Oleh Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

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J.M. Coetzee 12:57

13y ago12:57

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Professor Peter McDonald gives a talk on the work of South African Nobel Laureate, J.M. Coetzee. Professor McDonald sets out the various less-than-great guises of the writer in Coetzee's fiction. He goes on to consider passages from Foe (1986) and Disgrace (1999) to highlight Coetzee's linguistic disruptiveness that might be considered traits of po…

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Olive Schreiner 11:21

13y ago11:21

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Professor Elleke Boehmer gives a talk on Olive Schreiner (1855-1920), the South African novelist, pioneering feminist, and anti-imperialist polemicist. For Boehmer, Schreiner is not 'great' in the conventional sense (she did not possess the great literary brain of George Eliot, for example), but she is a great inspiration in many spheres: she influ…

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Katherine Mansfield and Rhythm Magazine 20:28

13y ago20:28

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Dr Faith Binckes explains why modernist short story writer and critic Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) is a great writer, highlighting her involvement with the 1911-1913 periodical Rhythm, edited by her second husband John Middleton Murry. Dr Binckes discusses how three stories from 1912 - 'The Woman at the Store', 'How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped', …

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George Eliot - A Very Large Brain 11:08

13y ago11:08

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Dr Catherine Brown gives a talk on George Eliot and her influences.Oleh Catherine Brown

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William Blake 12:28

13y ago12:28

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Dr David Fallon introduces the poetry, painting, and engraving of William Blake, focusing on the imaginative and visionary aspects of Blake's work and his desire to break the publics 'mind-forg'd manacles'. Dr Fallon also highlights Blake's exposure to the political radicalism of the 1780s and 90s through his work as an engraver for the Unitarian p…

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18th Century Labouring Class Poetry 10:28

13y ago10:28

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Dr Jennifer Batt gives a talk on Stephen Duck, one of the 18th Century labouring-class poets.Oleh Jennifer Batt

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Jonathan Swift and the Art of Undressing 11:17

13y ago11:17

11:17

Dr Abigail Williams gives a talk on Jonathan Swift and the Art of Undressing.Oleh Abigail Williams

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Beowulf 12:37

13y ago12:37

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Dr Francis Leneghan gives a talk on Beowulf, one of the most important works in Anglo-Saxon literature. The title of this collaborative project, 'Great Writers Inspire', naturally brings up several questions, most importantly of which is, 'What is a Writer?' In his talk on the Old English poem Beowulf, Francis Leneghan discusses that very concern. …

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Shakespeare and the Stage 15:18

13y ago15:18

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Professor Tiffany Stern gives a talk on William Shakespeare and how his plays were performed in Elizabethan England.Oleh Tiffany Stern

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