Jim McLaverty
Professor of English at Keele University
2 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: John Mullan
Covers topics in categories such as:
Anglican saintsEnglish male poetsEnglish essayistsEnglish male non-fiction writersBurials at Westminster AbbeyBritish male essayistsEnglish AnglicansPeople from the City of LondonEnglish travel writers18th-century English male writersConversationalistsMale essayistsNeoclassical writersEnglish Roman CatholicsEnglish Catholic poetsEnglish literary criticsStreathamites18th-century English writers18th-century British essayistsRoman Catholic writersTranslators of HomerFreemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of England18th-century English non-fiction writersTuberculosis deaths in EnglandTory poets18th-century English poetsEnglish sermon writers18th-century lexicographers, 18th-century writers in LatinPeople with mood disordersEnglish biographers
Pope
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the satirist Alexander Pope. One of the greatest poets of the English language, his brilliant satires have made him popular in our age but not in his own.
9 November 2006
Also featuring: John Mullan, Valerie Rumbold
Neoclassical writersEnglish Roman CatholicsTory poetsEnglish essayists18th-century English poetsPeople from the City of London18th-century British essayistsEnglish male poetsEnglish male non-fiction writersRoman Catholic writersTranslators of HomerEnglish Catholic poetsFreemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of England18th-century English non-fiction writersTuberculosis deaths in England18th-century English male writersBritish male essayistsJohnson
Melvyn Bragg discusses Samuel Johnson, a giant of 18th century literature, language and letters, and perhaps the most quotable Englishman to have ever lifted a pen.
27 October 2005
Also featuring: John Mullan, Judith Hawley
English sermon writersEnglish travel writersEnglish literary critics18th-century lexicographers, 18th-century writers in LatinConversationalistsEnglish essayistsAnglican saintsStreathamitesBurials at Westminster AbbeyMale essayistsEnglish Anglicans18th-century English writersPeople with mood disorders18th-century English poetsEnglish biographers18th-century English male writers