Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Peter Riley

Lecturer in 19th Century American Literature at the University of Exeter

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Covers topics in categories such as:

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

  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, Mark Ford

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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