Ros Ballaster
Professor of 18th Century Literature at Mansfield College, University of Oxford
1 episode
Covers topics in categories such as:
CultureBurials at Westminster AbbeyEnglish women poets17th-century English poets17th-century English writersEnglish women novelists17th-century English dramatists and playwrightsEnglish feminists, English feminist writersFeminism and history17th-century English women writersEnglish women dramatists and playwrightsEnglish spiesTory poets
Aphra Behn
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Aphra Behn, known for her plays for the Restoration stage such as The Rover and for her novel Oroonoko.
12 October 2017
Also featuring: Janet Todd, Claire Bowditch
CultureBurials at Westminster AbbeyEnglish women poets17th-century English poets17th-century English writersEnglish women novelists17th-century English dramatists and playwrightsFeminism and history17th-century English women writersEnglish women dramatists and playwrightsEnglish spiesTory poetsEnglish feminists, English feminist writers