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 writersEnglish Roman CatholicsConversationalistsMale essayistsEnglish Catholic poetsNeoclassical writers18th-century English writersEnglish literary criticsStreathamites18th-century English non-fiction writersTranslators of HomerTuberculosis deaths in EnglandFreemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of England18th-century British essayistsRoman Catholic writers18th-century English poetsTory poetsPeople with mood disorders18th-century lexicographers, 18th-century writers in LatinEnglish sermon writersEnglish 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
18th-century English male writersBritish male essayistsEnglish essayists18th-century English non-fiction writersTranslators of HomerTuberculosis deaths in England18th-century English poetsEnglish Catholic poetsNeoclassical writersTory poetsFreemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of EnglandEnglish Roman CatholicsEnglish male non-fiction writersPeople from the City of LondonEnglish male poets18th-century British essayistsRoman Catholic writers18th centuryJohnson
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
18th-century English male writers18th-century English writersEnglish essayistsEnglish literary criticsPeople with mood disorders18th-century lexicographers, 18th-century writers in LatinAnglican saintsStreathamites18th-century English poetsEnglish AnglicansConversationalistsMale essayistsEnglish travel writersEnglish sermon writersEnglish biographersBurials at Westminster Abbey18th century