Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Mark Ford

Professor of English and American Literature at University College London

4 episodes

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CultureEnglish male poetsEnglish essayistsBurials at Westminster AbbeyEnglish male non-fiction writersPantheistsHall of Fame for Great Americans inducteesBritish male essayists19th-century English poetsEnglish male novelistsVictorian novelistsModernist theatreAmerican male non-fiction writersEnglish male dramatists and playwrights19th-century pseudonymous writersAmerican people of English descent19th-century English novelistsEnglish male short story writersVictorian poets19th-century American poets20th-century English male writersMembers of the Order of Merit20th-century English poetsAnglican poets19th-century American male writersAmerican male essayists, American male poets19th-century British short story writersEnglish short story writersFellows of the Royal Society of LiteratureNaturalized citizens of the United StatesMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersAmerican humanists19th-century American essayistsAmerican male journalists19th-century mysticsWar writersNovelists from New York (state), 19th-century American novelists20th-century American male writersEnglish LGBTQ poetsAlumni of Christ Church, OxfordEnglish emigrants to the United StatesEnglish literary criticsFormalist poetsAmerican lecturersAmerican male novelistsAmerican spiritual writersAmerican people of Dutch descentAmerican LGBTQ poetsAmerican religious skeptics, American nationalistsAlumni of King's College LondonBritish male poetsGay academics20th-century American essayists20th-century English non-fiction writersLGBTQ AnglicansAmerican male dramatists and playwrights, American literary criticsGay poets, Gay dramatists and playwrightsChristian poetryModernist poems, Poetry by T. S. Eliot

  1. Walt Whitman

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the innovative 19th-century poet, who broke away from European literary traditions to become a key figure in the development of American culture.

    27 April 2023

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    Also featuring: Sarah Churchwell, Peter Riley

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    CulturePantheistsHall of Fame for Great Americans inductees19th-century pseudonymous writersAmerican people of English descent19th-century American poets19th-century American male writersAmerican humanists19th-century American essayistsAmerican male journalists19th-century mysticsWar writersAmerican male novelistsAmerican spiritual writersAmerican people of Dutch descentAmerican LGBTQ poetsAmerican male essayists, American male poetsNovelists from New York (state), 19th-century American novelistsAmerican religious skeptics, American nationalists

  2. Thomas Hardy's Poetry

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hardy's poems, which he prized far above the novels which made him famous and rich, and his ambition to be ranked alongside Shelley and Byron.

    13 January 2022

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    Also featuring: Jane Thomas, Tim Armstrong

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    CultureBurials at Westminster AbbeyPantheists19th-century English poetsEnglish male novelistsVictorian novelists19th-century English novelistsEnglish male short story writersVictorian poets20th-century English male writersMembers of the Order of Merit19th-century British short story writersEnglish short story writersFellows of the Royal Society of LiteratureAlumni of King's College LondonBritish male poets

  3. Auden

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss WH Auden's life and poetry from Europe before WWII, reflecting on his travels to Spain, China and Germany and the rise of totalitarianism.

    19 December 2019

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    Also featuring: Janet Montefiore, Jeremy Noel-Tod

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    CultureEnglish male poetsEnglish essayistsEnglish male non-fiction writersBritish male essayistsModernist theatreAmerican male non-fiction writersEnglish male dramatists and playwrights20th-century English poetsAnglican poets20th-century English male writersNaturalized citizens of the United StatesMembers of the American Academy of Arts and Letters20th-century American male writersEnglish LGBTQ poetsAlumni of Christ Church, OxfordEnglish emigrants to the United StatesEnglish literary criticsFormalist poetsAmerican lecturersAmerican LGBTQ poetsGay academics20th-century American essayists20th-century English non-fiction writersLGBTQ AnglicansAmerican male essayists, American male poetsAmerican male dramatists and playwrights, American literary criticsGay poets, Gay dramatists and playwrights

  4. Four Quartets

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss TS Eliot's Four Quartets, written just before and during World War II as meditations on humanity's relationship with time.

    21 December 2016

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    Also featuring: David Moody, Fran Brearton

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    CultureChristian poetryModernist poems, Poetry by T. S. Eliot