Tom Wright
Reader in Rhetoric and Head of the Department of English Literature at the University of Sussex.
2 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: Bridget Bennett, Erin Forbes
Covers topics in categories such as:
CultureHall of Fame for Great Americans inducteesAmerican male non-fiction writersEpic poetsAmerican people of English descent19th-century pseudonymous writersRomantic poetsWriters of Gothic fiction19th-century American poetsAmerican novels adapted into films, American novels adapted into plays, American novels adapted into television showsAmerican male essayists, American male poets19th-century American male writers19th-century American essayists19th-century American novelists, Novelists from New York (state)Surrealist writersAmerican literary critics, American male dramatists and playwrightsAmerican male novelistsUnited States Military Academy alumni19th-century American short story writers, Ghost story writersRecreational cryptographers, Writers from Boston, Writers from Philadelphia19th-century American non-fiction writersWriters from Baltimore
Little Women
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Louisa May Alcott's much-read and much-adapted story of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March which is credited with starting the genre of young adult fiction
24 October 2024
Also featuring: Bridget Bennett, Erin Forbes
Edgar Allan Poe
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the writer of The Raven and Gothic horror stories such as The Tell-Tale Heart and The Fall of the House of Usher.
30 November 2023
Also featuring: Bridget Bennett, Erin Forbes
CultureRomantic poetsAmerican literary critics, American male dramatists and playwrightsAmerican male novelistsAmerican male essayists, American male poets19th-century American essayistsAmerican male non-fiction writersUnited States Military Academy alumni19th-century American male writersWriters of Gothic fictionEpic poets19th-century American short story writers, Ghost story writersAmerican people of English descentRecreational cryptographers, Writers from Boston, Writers from PhiladelphiaHall of Fame for Great Americans inductees19th-century American novelists, Novelists from New York (state)19th-century pseudonymous writers19th-century American poets19th-century American non-fiction writersWriters from BaltimoreSurrealist writers