Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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19th-century American male writers

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  1. 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

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    Featuring: Bridget Bennett, Erin Forbes, Tom Wright

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    CultureHall of Fame for Great Americans inducteesAmerican male non-fiction writers19th-century pseudonymous writersAmerican people of English descentEpic poets19th-century American poetsRomantic poetsWriters of Gothic fiction19th-century American male writers19th-century American essayistsSurrealist writers19th-century American non-fiction writersAmerican male novelistsUnited States Military Academy alumniWriters from BaltimoreAmerican male essayists, American male poetsNovelists from New York (state), 19th-century American novelistsGhost story writers, 19th-century American short story writersAmerican male dramatists and playwrights, American literary criticsWriters from Philadelphia, Recreational cryptographers, Writers from Boston

  2. Frederick Douglass

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of the prominent abolitionist, who in 1845 told his story in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.

    9 February 2018

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    Featuring: Celeste-Marie Bernier, Karen Salt, Nicholas Guyatt

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    HistoryAnglican saints19th-century male writers19th-century American male writersDeaths from coronary thrombosisAmerican male journalistsAmerican lecturersActivists for African-American civil rightsAmerican autobiographersWriters from Baltimore19th-century American businesspeopleUnderground Railroad peoplePeople of the Six Years' War, 19th-century American memoirists

  3. President Ulysses S Grant

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Grant's role in rebuilding America in the decade after the Civil War and his impact on African-Americans and Native Americans.

    30 May 2019

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    Featuring: Erik Mathisen, Susan-Mary Grant, Robert Cook

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    HistoryMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyHall of Fame for Great Americans inducteesAmerican people of English descent19th-century American male writersActivists for African-American civil rightsAmerican slave ownersCongressional Gold Medal recipientsUnited States Military Academy alumniPeople of the Six Years' War, 19th-century American memoiristsCommanding Generals of the United States Army, Presidents of the United States

  4. Walt 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

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    Featuring: Sarah Churchwell, Peter Riley, Mark Ford

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