19th-century American women writers, American women poets
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Culture19th-century American poetsChristian poetsMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersAmerican autobiographersCalvinist and Reformed poetsGerman–English translatorsKnights of the Legion of HonourNovelists from New York (state), 19th-century American novelists20th-century American women writersDeaths from nephritisGhost story writers, 19th-century American short story writers
Edith Wharton
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Wharton's novels, which explore the world of the privileged in America's Gilded Age, in which she lived, written in hindsight and with little mercy.
4 October 2018
Featuring: Hermione Lee, Bridget Bennett, Laura Rattray
Culture19th-century American poetsMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersGerman–English translatorsKnights of the Legion of HonourAmerican autobiographers20th-century American women writersNovelists from New York (state), 19th-century American novelistsGhost story writers, 19th-century American short story writers19th-century American women writers, American women poetsEmily Dickinson
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Emily Dickinson, the now-celebrated poet of Amherst, who was prolific yet chose to publish few of her poems.
11 May 2017
Featuring: Fiona Green, Linda Freedman, Paraic Finnerty