20th-century Irish male writers, 20th-century Irish poets, 20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights

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  1. Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce's groundbreaking 1916 novel about growing up in Catholic Ireland.

    26 November 2009

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    Featuring: Roy Foster, Katherine Mullin, Jeri Johnson

     
  2. Samuel Beckett

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of the author of Waiting for Godot, who lived in Paris and wrote in French as he found that more difficult than writing in English

    17 January 2019

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    Featuring: Steven Connor, Laura Salisbury, Mark Nixon

     
  3. Yeats and Irish Politics

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poet W.B. Yeats and Irish politics from the suspension of home rule to the division of Ireland.

    17 April 2008

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    Featuring: Roy Foster, Fran Brearton, Warwick Gould

     
  4. Yeats and Mysticism

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the life and beliefs of the Irish Poet W B Yeats and explores how a passion for magic and mysticism served and stood alongside his poetry.

    31 January 2002

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    Featuring: Roy Foster, Warwick Gould, Brenda Maddox