Romantic timelines

Professor Andrew Bennett discusses the idea of authorship. 

How did Romantic writers represent ‘the self’? 

Bill Greenwell adapts one of Wordsworth’s poems ‘To daffodils’ in the voice of Thomas De Quincy. 

Dr Mark Rawlinson explores the relationship between War and War Poetry using Owen's famous 'Preface' as the starting point. Dr Mark Rawlinson is a Reader in English Literature at the University of Leicester, working on nineteenth- and twentieth century literature, especially narr ... Show More

Wordsworth's literary conception of nature was hugely informed by his contemporaries. Using examples from key texts, these influences are mapped and compared in intriguing detail. 

Dana Gioia is a poet, former Chairman of the NEA, and one of America's most insightful writers on the craft of poetry and prose. This is the deepest conversation I've ever had about writing. Dana breaks down the writing process from his first drafts to revision, and shares practi ... Show More

How Shakespeare has influenced contemporary popular culture. 

How Shakespeare has influenced contemporary popular culture. 

Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Aspects of the Novel, E. M. Forster turns from writing fiction to asking a deceptively simple question: what, exactly, makes a novel work? Drawn from his celebrated Cambridge lectures, this compact classic invi ... Show More

Curtis Runstedler's book Alchemy and Exemplary Poetry in Middle English Literature (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023) explores the different functions and metaphorical concepts of alchemy in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Middle English poetry and bridges them together with the exempl ... Show More

What is scholarly voice, anyway? Claire and Kacy discuss how to be clear and direct in your academic writing to achieve scholarly voice.Relevant resources:Scholarly voice webpagesWhat is academic writing? webinarScholarly Tone and Voice blog series Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/ ... Show More