Self-reflexive novels
Self-reference is a concept that involves referring to oneself or one's own attributes, characteristics, or actions. It can occur in language, logic, mathematics, philosophy, and other fields.
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CultureNovels adapted into operasNovels adapted into comicsNovels adapted into balletsNovels adapted into radio programsLiterary archetypesPicaresque novels18th-century British novelsMetafictional novelsNonlinear narrative novels1759 novelsBritish satirical novelsChivalryIrish novels adapted into films, Irish novels adapted into plays
Don Quixote
Melvyn Bragg discusses the importance, originality and enduring appeal of Cervantes’ classic 17th century Spanish novel Don Quixote, a cornerstone of Western literature.
16 March 2006
Featuring: Barry Ife, Edwin Williamson, Jane Whetnall
Tristram Shandy
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Laurence Sterne's comic novel Tristram Shandy.
24 April 2014
Featuring: Judith Hawley, John Mullan, Mary Newbould
CultureIrish novels adapted into films, Irish novels adapted into plays18th-century British novelsMetafictional novelsNonlinear narrative novelsSelf-reflexive novelsNovels adapted into operasPicaresque novelsNovels adapted into comicsBritish satirical novelsNovels adapted into radio programs1759 novels