
Jim McLaverty
Professor of English at Keele University
2 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: John Mullan
Covers topics in categories such as:
CultureAnglican saintsEnglish male poetsEnglish essayistsEnglish male non-fiction writersBurials at Westminster AbbeyBritish male essayistsEnglish AnglicansEnglish travel writersPeople from the City of London18th-century English male writersConversationalistsMale essayistsEnglish Catholic poetsNeoclassical writers18th-century English writersRoman Catholic writers18th-century English non-fiction writersTranslators of HomerEnglish Roman Catholics18th-century British essayistsEnglish literary criticsStreathamitesFreemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of EnglandTory poetsTuberculosis deaths in England18th-century English poetsEnglish biographersEnglish sermon writersPeople with mood disorders18th-century lexicographers, 18th-century writers in Latin
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
CultureEnglish male poetsEnglish essayistsEnglish male non-fiction writersBritish male essayistsPeople from the City of London18th-century English male writersEnglish Catholic poetsNeoclassical writersRoman Catholic writers18th-century English non-fiction writersTranslators of HomerEnglish Roman Catholics18th-century British essayistsFreemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of EnglandTory poetsTuberculosis deaths in England18th-century English poetsJohnson
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
CultureAnglican saintsEnglish essayistsBurials at Westminster AbbeyEnglish AnglicansEnglish travel writers18th-century English male writersConversationalistsMale essayists18th-century English writersEnglish literary criticsStreathamitesEnglish biographersEnglish sermon writersPeople with mood disorders18th-century English poets18th-century lexicographers, 18th-century writers in Latin