20th-century English non-fiction writers
The non-fiction novel is a literary genre which, broadly speaking, depicts non-fictional elements, such as 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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CultureHistoryFellows of the Royal SocietyEnglish male poetsEnglish essayistsEnglish male non-fiction writersRecipients of the Copley Medal20th-century atheistsBritish male essayistsEnglish male dramatists and playwrightsEnglish male novelistsEnglish people of Scottish descentAmerican male non-fiction writersEnglish male short story writersModernist theatre20th-century English male writers20th-century English poetsAnglican poetsEnglish atheistsRoyal Medal winners20th-century English novelistsCharles DarwinEnglish short story writersEnglish socialistsMembers of the Order of Merit20th-century English LGBTQ people20th-century translatorsAmerican male essayists, American male poetsBisexual male writersBisexual novelistsBritish Army personnel of World War IEnglish LGBTQ poetsEnglish literary criticsEnglish people of Irish descentEnglish writers with disabilitiesJames Tait Black Memorial Prize recipientsMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersNaturalized citizens of the United StatesPeople with post-traumatic stress disorderVictorian writers20th-century American male writers20th-century British biologists20th-century English memoiristsAlumni of Christ Church, OxfordAmerican lecturersBisexual memoiristsBisexual poetsEnglish World War I poetsEnglish activistsEnglish emigrants to the United StatesEnglish historical novelistsFormalist poetsGeorgistsPrix Italia winners19th-century British biologists, 19th-century English naturalists, British evolutionary biologists, Fellows of the Linnean Society of London, Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society, Fellows of the Zoological Society of London19th-century British writers19th-century English scientists20th-century American essayistsAmerican LGBTQ poetsAmerican literary critics, American male dramatists and playwrightsBritish botanical illustratorsBritish deistsEnglish bisexual men, English bisexual writers, Royal Welch Fusiliers officersGay academicsGay dramatists and playwrights, Gay poetsLGBTQ AnglicansOxford Professors of PoetryPeople educated at Charterhouse SchoolPeople from Monmouthshire
Alfred Russel Wallace
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian pioneer of evolutionary theory Alfred Russel Wallace.
21 March 2013
Featuring: Steve Jones, George Beccaloni, Ted Benton
History20th-century British biologistsBritish botanical illustratorsMembers of the Order of Merit19th-century British biologists, 19th-century English naturalists, British evolutionary biologists, Fellows of the Linnean Society of London, Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society, Fellows of the Zoological Society of LondonFellows of the Royal SocietyVictorian writersEnglish activistsBritish deistsPeople from Monmouthshire19th-century British writersEnglish socialists19th-century English scientistsCharles DarwinEnglish people of Scottish descentGeorgists20th-century English non-fiction writersRoyal Medal winnersRecipients of the Copley MedalAuden
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss WH Auden's life and poetry from Europe before WWII, reflecting on his travels to Spain, China and Germany and the rise of totalitarianism.
19 December 2019
Featuring: Mark Ford, Janet Montefiore, Jeremy Noel-Tod
CultureAmerican literary critics, American male dramatists and playwrightsEnglish male dramatists and playwrights20th-century English male writersAmerican male essayists, American male poets20th-century American male writersAmerican male non-fiction writersEnglish LGBTQ poetsGay academics20th-century English poets20th-century English non-fiction writersGay dramatists and playwrights, Gay poetsMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersEnglish emigrants to the United StatesAnglican poetsAmerican lecturersModernist theatre20th-century American essayistsEnglish male poetsAmerican LGBTQ poetsEnglish literary criticsAlumni of Christ Church, OxfordNaturalized citizens of the United StatesEnglish essayistsFormalist poetsLGBTQ AnglicansOxford Professors of PoetryEnglish male non-fiction writersBritish male essayistsRobert Graves
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of the author of I, Claudius, especially his love and war poems and his ideas on the source of all creativity.
10 October 2024
Featuring: Paul O'Prey, Fran Brearton, Bob Davis
Culture20th-century English novelistsEnglish atheists20th-century atheists20th-century English male writersEnglish people of Irish descentPrix Italia winnersEnglish writers with disabilitiesEnglish LGBTQ poets20th-century English poetsEnglish male short story writers20th-century English non-fiction writersPeople educated at Charterhouse SchoolJames Tait Black Memorial Prize recipientsEnglish historical novelistsPeople with post-traumatic stress disorderBisexual male writers20th-century English LGBTQ peopleEnglish bisexual men, English bisexual writers, Royal Welch Fusiliers officersBritish Army personnel of World War IBisexual memoiristsEnglish male novelists20th-century English memoiristsEnglish male poets20th-century translatorsEnglish World War I poetsBisexual novelistsBisexual poetsEnglish short story writersEnglish literary criticsOxford Professors of PoetryEnglish male non-fiction writers