Michèle Barrett
Emeritus Professor of Modern Literary and Cultural Theory at Queen Mary University of London
2 episodes
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CultureEnglish male poetsPhilosophers of literatureEnglish essayistsEnglish male novelistsEnglish male short story writersEnglish agnosticsAnti-consumeristsPhilosophers of technologyEnglish satiristsEnglish travel writersEnglish short story writersMale essayists20th-century English novelistsJames Tait Black Memorial Prize recipientsBritish philosophers of mind20th-century English philosophersEnglish emigrants to the United States20th-century British essayists20th-century mysticsNew Age predecessorsHogarth Press booksAlumni of Balliol College, OxfordBritish philosophers of culture, English pacifistsEnglish science fiction writersPeople educated at Eton CollegeLost Generation writersDuke University faculty
A Room of One's Own
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Virginia Woolf's highly influential essay about women and literature: "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."
30 March 2023
Also featuring: Hermione Lee, Alexandra Harris
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aldous Huxley's dystopian 1932 novel Brave New World and its vision of a future of test tube babies, free love and round-the-clock surveillance.
9 April 2009
Also featuring: David Bradshaw, Daniel Pick
CultureEnglish agnosticsEnglish male novelistsEnglish emigrants to the United StatesAlumni of Balliol College, OxfordBritish philosophers of culture, English pacifistsEnglish science fiction writersEnglish essayists20th-century British essayists20th-century mysticsPeople educated at Eton CollegeEnglish male poetsEnglish short story writersJames Tait Black Memorial Prize recipientsAnti-consumeristsPhilosophers of technologyEnglish male short story writersMale essayistsNew Age predecessorsBritish philosophers of mindLost Generation writersEnglish satiristsDuke University faculty20th-century English novelists20th-century English philosophersEnglish travel writersPhilosophers of literature20th century