Daniel Karlin
Winterstoke Professor of English Literature at the University of Bristol
3 episodes
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CultureBurials at Westminster AbbeyNobel laureates in LiteratureEnglish male novelistsEnglish people of Scottish descentEnglish male short story writersVictorian novelists19th-century English poets20th-century English male writers20th-century English poets19th-century English novelists20th-century English novelists19th-century English non-fiction writersEnglish Nobel laureatesFellows of the Royal Society of LiteratureBritish Nobel laureatesBritish poemsMythopoeic writersEnglish-language poets from India20th-century English memoiristsVerse novels19th-century English short story writersEnglish hymnwritersMaritime writersEnglish children's writersFreemasons of the United Grand Lodge of EnglandRectors of the University of St AndrewsEnglish science fiction writersDeaths from ulcersEnglish anti-fascistsPeople of the Victorian eraFin de sièclePoems in Persian
Aurora Leigh
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aurora Leigh, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's novel-poem published in 1856, three years before her death in Florence.
24 March 2016
Also featuring: Margaret Reynolds, Karen O'Brien
Rudyard 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
Also featuring: Howard Booth, 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 eraThe Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, a collection of Persian poetry translated into English in the 19th century by Edward FitzGerald.
22 May 2014
Also featuring: Charles Melville, Kirstie Blair