Dr Catherine Brown gives the fourth and final lecture in the Literature and Form lecture series. With a philosophical discussion on what Comparative Literature is and how we can study 'literature in comparison'.
Jul 2018
La gaze libertine ou l'art de dire sans les mots par Michel Delon
Conférence du 31 mai 2017 en partenariat avec la Fondation Simone et Cino Del Duca, l'Institut de France et la BnF. De grands noms de la littérature, de l'art, de la science, du monde des idées et de la politique sont invités par la Bibliothèque nationale de France et la Fondatio ... Show More
1h 3m
Feb 2021
Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Part 1
I chat with Megan and Maura about the first 3rd of Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities. We discuss why its opening sentence has become one of the most famous sentences in English, the pros and cons of presenting history through fiction, what makes Dickens' style so appealing, how the f ... Show More
46m 36s
Nov 2020
Book at Lunchtime: Iconoclasm as Child's Play
Dr Joseph Moshenska, Associate Professor and Tutorial Fellow at University College, discusses his new book, Iconoclasm as Child's Play. Drawing on a range of sixteenth-century artifacts, artworks, and texts, as well as on ancient and modern theories of iconoclasm and of play, Ico ... Show More
1h 7m
May 2023
511 Annie Ernaux, Winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature (with Alison Strayer) | My Last Book with Bob Blaisdell
Jacke talks to Alison Strayer, translator of several books by French author Annie Ernaux, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2022. PLUS he talks to author and Chekhov expert Bob Blaisdell about his choice for the last book he will ever read.ANNIE ERNAUX (The Years, Getting ... Show More
41m 47s
Feb 2024
Michael Johnston, "The Middle English Book: Scribes and Readers, 1350-1500" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Michael Johnston's The Middle English Book: Scribes and Readers, 1350-1500 (Oxford UP, 2023) addresses a series of questions about the copying and circulation of literature in late medieval England: How do we make sense of the variety of manuscripts surviving from this period? Wh ... Show More
43m 19s