Barbara Taylor
Professor of Modern History in the School of Humanities
1 episode
Covers topics in categories such as:
PhilosophyEnlightenment philosophersEnglish essayistsEnglish travel writersEnglish women novelistsBritish philosophers of educationEnglish feminist writers, English feministsWriters of Gothic fictionEnglish philosophersHistorians of the French RevolutionScholars of feminist philosophyEnglish republicans18th-century British essayistsBritish women essayistsEnglish women philosophers18th-century British philosophersEnglish Unitarians18th-century English novelistsFounders of English schools and collegesGerman–English translatorsBurials at St Pancras Old ChurchEnglish educational theoristsFrench–English translatorsPeople from Somers Town, London18th-century English historiansDeaths in childbirthFeminist theoristsGodwin family
Mary Wollstonecraft
Melvyn Bragg and guests John Mullan, Karen O'Brien and Barbara Taylor discuss the life and ideas of the pioneering British Enlightenment thinker Mary Wollstonecraft.
31 December 2009
Also featuring: Karen O'Brien, John Mullan
PhilosophyFrench–English translators18th-century British essayistsPeople from Somers Town, LondonEnglish philosophersEnglish essayistsEnglish women novelistsHistorians of the French RevolutionScholars of feminist philosophyBritish women essayistsEnglish women philosophersBritish philosophers of education18th-century British philosophersEnglish feminist writers, English feminists18th-century English historiansDeaths in childbirthEnglish UnitariansFeminist theorists18th-century English novelistsFounders of English schools and collegesGerman–English translatorsEnlightenment philosophersBurials at St Pancras Old ChurchEnglish educational theoristsEnglish travel writersWriters of Gothic fictionEnglish republicansGodwin family18th centuryFrance