19th-century American essayists
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Edgar Allan Poe
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the writer of The Raven and Gothic horror stories such as The Tell-Tale Heart and The Fall of the House of Usher.
30 November 2023
Featuring: Bridget Bennett, Erin Forbes, Tom Wright
CultureRomantic poetsAmerican literary critics, American male dramatists and playwrightsAmerican male novelistsAmerican male essayists, American male poets19th-century American essayistsAmerican male non-fiction writersUnited States Military Academy alumni19th-century American male writersWriters of Gothic fictionEpic poets19th-century American short story writers, Ghost story writersAmerican people of English descentRecreational cryptographers, Writers from Boston, Writers from PhiladelphiaHall of Fame for Great Americans inductees19th-century American novelists, Novelists from New York (state)19th-century pseudonymous writers19th-century American poets19th-century American non-fiction writersWriters from BaltimoreSurrealist writersThoreau and the American Idyll
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the American 19th century writer and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau
15 January 2009
Featuring: Kathleen Burk, Tim Morris, Stephen Fender
Philosophy19th-century American philosophersAmerican male essayists, American male poetsAmerican philosophers of mind, American philosophers of scienceAmerican spiritual writers19th-century American essayistsAmerican male non-fiction writersUnderground Railroad peopleCritics of work and the work ethicAmerican political philosophersAmerican lecturersAmerican philosophers of cultureHall of Fame for Great Americans inducteesAnti-consumeristsPhilosophers of lovePhilosophers from Massachusetts19th-century deaths from tuberculosis19th-century American poetsPantheists19th-century American non-fiction writersAnarchist writersPhilosophers of historySimple living advocatesWalt Whitman
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the innovative 19th-century poet, who broke away from European literary traditions to become a key figure in the development of American culture.
27 April 2023
Featuring: Sarah Churchwell, Peter Riley, Mark Ford
Culture19th-century pseudonymous writersWar writersAmerican people of English descent19th-century American poetsAmerican male journalistsPantheistsAmerican nationalists, American religious skepticsAmerican humanistsHall of Fame for Great Americans inducteesAmerican male novelistsAmerican spiritual writersAmerican male essayists, American male poets19th-century American essayistsAmerican people of Dutch descent19th-century American male writers19th-century American novelists, Novelists from New York (state)19th-century mysticsAmerican LGBTQ poets