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 programs19th-century pseudonymous writersAmerican people of English descent19th-century American poetsModernist novelsAmerican male essayists, American male poets19th-century American male writersAmerican novels adapted into films, American novels adapted into plays, American novels adapted into television showsNovels about adulteryWar writersAmerican male journalistsAmerican humanists19th-century American essayists19th-century American novelists, Novelists from New York (state)19th-century mysticsMetafictional novelsAmerican nationalists, American religious skepticsAmerican male novelistsAmerican spiritual writersAmerican people of Dutch descentAmerican LGBTQ poetsMurder–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
Culture19th-century pseudonymous writersWar writersAmerican people of English descent19th-century American poetsAmerican male journalistsPantheistsAmerican nationalists, American religious skepticsAmerican humanistsHall of Fame for Great Americans inducteesAmerican male novelistsAmerican spiritual writersAmerican male essayists, American male poets19th-century American essayistsAmerican people of Dutch descent19th-century American male writers19th-century American novelists, Novelists from New York (state)19th-century mysticsAmerican LGBTQ poetsThe 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
CultureMetafictional novelsNovels adapted into operasAmerican novels adapted into films, American novels adapted into plays, American novels adapted into television showsNovels adapted into balletsNovels adapted into comicsNovels about adulteryMurder–suicide in fictionNovels adapted into radio programsModernist novels