19th-century English non-fiction writers
The non-fiction novel is a literary genre which, broadly speaking, depicts real historical figures and actual events woven together with fictitious conversations and uses the storytelling techniques of fiction. The non-fiction novel is an otherwise loosely defined and flexible genre.
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CulturePhilosophyReligionAnglican saintsEnglish male poetsFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesPhilosophy writersTheorists on Western civilizationPhilosophers of historyWriters about activism and social changePhilosophers of culturePhilosophers of scienceCritics of the Catholic ChurchEnglish essayistsEnglish male non-fiction writersBurials at Westminster AbbeyNobel laureates in LiteraturePhilosophers of economicsPhilosophers of psychologyBritish male essayistsEnglish AnglicansEnglish male dramatists and playwrightsEnglish male novelistsEnglish people of Scottish descentLogiciansPhilosophers of sexuality19th-century English poetsChristian radicalsEmpiricistsEnglish male short story writersEnglish non-fiction writersLiteracy and society theoristsVictorian novelists19th-century English novelists19th-century pseudonymous writers20th-century English male writers20th-century English poetsAlumni of St John's College, CambridgeEnglish agnosticsEnglish satiristsEnglish travel writers19th-century English writers19th-century male writers20th-century English novelistsAlumni of the University of EdinburghAnglican writersBritish critics of religionsEnglish Nobel laureatesEnglish feminist writers, English feministsEnglish socialistsTrope theoristsWriters of Gothic fiction19th-century British philanthropists19th-century British short story writersBritish Nobel laureatesBritish ethicistsBritish philosophers of mindBritish political philosophersEnglish abolitionistsEnglish libertariansEnglish philanthropistsEnglish political philosophersEnglish religious writersEnglish republicansEuropean democratic socialistsFellows of the Royal Society of LiteratureScholars of feminist philosophyUtilitarians19th-century Anglicans19th-century English dramatists and playwrights19th-century English essayists19th-century English philosophers19th-century travel writers20th-century English memoiristsBritish MPs 1780–1784, Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituenciesBritish free speech activistsBritish philosophers of languageBritish social reformersBritish socialistsBurials at St Pancras Old ChurchConsequentialistsEnglish historical novelistsEnglish logiciansEnglish political writersEnglish suffragistsEnglish-language poets from IndiaLecturersMythopoeic writersWriters from the London Borough of Camden18th-century evangelicals19th-century British journalists19th-century English historians19th-century English politicians19th-century English short story writersAnglo-ScotsBritish MPs 1784–1790, British MPs 1790–1796British classical liberal economistsBritish people of Italian descent, English people of Italian descent, Polidori-Rossetti familyBritish philosophers of logicBritish reformersBritish social liberalsDeaths from ulcersEnglish anti-fascistsEnglish autobiographersEnglish children's writersEnglish hymnwritersEnglish prisoners and detaineesEnglish reformersEnglish science fiction writersFellows of the Royal Society of ArtsFreemasons of the United Grand Lodge of EnglandHonorary Fellows of the Royal Society of EdinburghInfectious disease deaths in FranceMaritime writersPeople from Somers Town, LondonPeople of the Victorian eraRectors of the University of St AndrewsSuicides by cyanide poisoningUK MPs 1818–1820, UK MPs 1820–1826UK MPs 1865–1868Voting theorists
Dickens
Melvyn Bragg discusses the achievements of Charles Dickens What is his political and literary legacy to our age?
12 July 2001
Featuring: Rosemary Ashton, Michael Slater, John Bowen
English travel writersEnglish prisoners and detaineesEnglish male dramatists and playwrightsEnglish AnglicansLiteracy and society theoristsAnglican writersEnglish male short story writersWriters of Gothic fictionEnglish philanthropistsEnglish historical novelistsTrope theoristsBurials at Westminster AbbeyVictorian novelists19th-century English novelists19th-century travel writers19th-century English non-fiction writers19th-century British journalists19th-century English historians19th-century British philanthropistsEnglish male novelistsBritish critics of religionsCritics of the Catholic ChurchPeople from Somers Town, LondonEnglish male poets19th-century pseudonymous writersLecturersEnglish reformers19th-century English dramatists and playwrights19th-century English poets19th-century British short story writersEnglish satiristsWriters about activism and social changeEnglish male non-fiction writersWriters from the London Borough of Camden19th-century English essayistsBritish social reformersBritish male essayistsMill
Melvyn Bragg discusses the 19th century political philosopher John Stuart Mill and his treatise On Liberty which is one of the sacred texts of liberalism.
18 May 2006
Featuring: A. C. Grayling, Janet Radcliffe Richards, Alan Ryan
PhilosophyBritish political philosophersHonorary Fellows of the Royal Society of EdinburghEnglish libertariansBritish philosophers of languageConsequentialistsInfectious disease deaths in FranceEnglish socialistsUtilitariansEnglish suffragistsTheorists on Western civilizationBritish ethicistsBritish socialistsEnglish political writersLogiciansEnglish feminist writers, English feministsBritish free speech activistsPhilosophers of sexualityPhilosophy writersBritish classical liberal economistsPhilosophers of economicsBritish social liberals19th-century English non-fiction writersFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesPhilosophers of cultureRectors of the University of St AndrewsPhilosophers of psychologyBritish philosophers of mindEnglish logicians19th-century English philosophersBritish philosophers of logicEnglish autobiographersAnglo-ScotsUK MPs 1865–1868Empiricists19th-century English writersVoting theoristsEuropean democratic socialistsEnglish essayistsEnglish political philosophers19th-century English essayistsEnglish male non-fiction writersEnglish non-fiction writersPhilosophers of scienceEnglish people of Scottish descentPhilosophers of historyEnglish republicansScholars of feminist philosophyEnglish agnosticsBritish male essayistsPolidori's The Vampyre
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the myths that gave rise to this novella from 1819 by Byron's physician, John Polidori, and the works such as Bram Stoker's Dracula it inspired.
07 April 2022
Featuring: Nick Groom, Samantha George, Martyn Rady
CultureWriters of Gothic fiction19th-century male writersBurials at St Pancras Old ChurchSuicides by cyanide poisoning19th-century British short story writersEnglish male non-fiction writersAlumni of the University of Edinburgh19th-century English non-fiction writersBritish people of Italian descent, English people of Italian descent, Polidori-Rossetti familyRudyard Kipling
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Rudyard Kipling, a writer sometimes described as the poet of empire.
16 October 2014
Featuring: Howard Booth, Daniel Karlin, Jan Montefiore
Culture20th-century English novelistsMythopoeic writers19th-century English short story writersNobel laureates in Literature20th-century English male writers20th-century English poetsEnglish male short story writersBurials at Westminster AbbeyEnglish hymnwritersVictorian novelists19th-century English novelistsEnglish-language poets from IndiaMaritime writers19th-century English non-fiction writersEnglish children's writersFreemasons of the United Grand Lodge of EnglandRectors of the University of St AndrewsEnglish science fiction writersEnglish male novelistsFellows of the Royal Society of Literature20th-century English memoiristsBritish Nobel laureates19th-century English poetsDeaths from ulcersEnglish Nobel laureatesEnglish anti-fascistsEnglish people of Scottish descentPeople of the Victorian eraWilberforce
In an unusual edition of In Our Time, marking the 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade, Melvyn Bragg leaves the studio to examine the life of William Wilberforce.
22 February 2007
Featuring
ReligionEnglish AnglicansEnglish religious writersAlumni of St John's College, CambridgeFellows of the Royal Society of ArtsAnglican writers18th-century evangelicalsEnglish abolitionistsEnglish philanthropistsBurials at Westminster Abbey19th-century Anglicans19th-century English non-fiction writersUK MPs 1818–1820, UK MPs 1820–1826British MPs 1784–1790, British MPs 1790–1796Christian radicals19th-century English politiciansAnglican saintsEnglish male non-fiction writersBritish MPs 1780–1784, Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituenciesBritish reformers