Sarah Churchwell
Professor of American Literature and the Public Understanding of the Humanities at the University of London
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
CultureNovels adapted into operasNovels adapted into comicsPantheistsNovels adapted into balletsHall of Fame for Great Americans inducteesNovels adapted into radio programsAmerican people of English descent19th-century pseudonymous writers19th-century American poetsModernist novels19th-century American male writersAmerican male essayists, American male poetsAmerican novels adapted into films, American novels adapted into plays, American novels adapted into television showsNovels about adultery19th-century American essayistsAmerican male journalists19th-century American novelists, Novelists from New York (state)19th-century mysticsWar writersAmerican humanistsMetafictional novelsAmerican spiritual writersAmerican people of Dutch descentAmerican nationalists, American religious skepticsAmerican LGBTQ poetsAmerican male novelistsMurder–suicide in fiction
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
Also featuring: Peter Riley, Mark Ford
CultureHall of Fame for Great Americans inductees19th-century American poets19th-century American male writersAmerican spiritual writersAmerican people of Dutch descentAmerican nationalists, American religious skepticsAmerican people of English descent19th-century American essayistsAmerican male journalistsAmerican male essayists, American male poets19th-century pseudonymous writersAmerican LGBTQ poetsAmerican male novelists19th-century American novelists, Novelists from New York (state)Pantheists19th-century mysticsWar writersAmerican humanists19th centuryAmericaThe Great Gatsby
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great American novels of the 20th Century, where inexplicably rich Jay Gatsby aims to win Daisy Buchanan from her millionaire husband.
14 January 2021
Also featuring: Philip McGowan, William Blazek
CultureAmerican novels adapted into films, American novels adapted into plays, American novels adapted into television showsNovels adapted into radio programsNovels adapted into balletsMurder–suicide in fictionMetafictional novelsModernist novelsNovels adapted into operasNovels about adulteryNovels adapted into comics20th centuryBook