English Graduate Conference 2012 Podcast
1) Book as Object; Panel Discussion for Oxford English Graduate Conference 2013
Panel discussion talk on 'Book as Object' for the Oxford English Graduate Conference 2013.
Book as Object; Panel Discussion for Oxford English Graduate Conference 2013
42:21 | Jun 17th, 2013
2) What is a Classic? English Graduate Conference 2012 Panel Debate, Talk 3
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, draws on her experience as a trustee of the Booker Prize and as a judge for many other literary prizes to offer a response to the question, 'What is a Classic?'. Creative ...Show More
3) What is a Classic? English Graduate Conference 2012 Panel Debate, Talk 2
Judith Luna, the Senior Commissioning Editor at Oxford World's Classics, draws on her practical involvement in re-launching the Oxford World's Classics series in 2008 to give a publisher's take on the...Show More
4) What is a Classic? English Graduate Conference 2012 Panel Debate, Talk 1
Dr Ankhi Mukherjee, Wadham college, Oxford, speaks to the question 'What is a Classic?' by examining the residual influence of the Eurocentric literary canon in the age of world literature and emergen...Show More
5) Shackled by Language: The Representation and Self-Representation of English-Speaking Black Voices in Black Atlantic Writing
Cecilia Bennett considers the use of the English language in black Atlantic narratives. These include Olaudah Equiano's 1789 work, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus...Show More
6) Rewriting Jane Eyre: The Avenging 'Angel in the House' in Michael Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White
Erin Nyborg draws parallels between Michael Faber's 2002 novel The Crimson Petal and the White and Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. She argues that Faber has appropriated narrative elements in order to r...Show More
7) Olive Schreiner
Dominic Davies talks about Olive Schreiner, the postcolonial South African author, and how her work, The Story of the African Farm, engages with the critical question of European hegemony in literary ...Show More
8) 'Some exquisitely-dressed stage favourite': Shakespeare and the suffragettes
In this talk, Sophie Duncan examines suffragists' interactions with Shakespeare and his works, as performers, directors, consumers and critics. Suffragist readings of Shakespeare variously cite Shakes...Show More
'Some exquisitely-dressed stage favourite': Shakespeare and the suffragettes
23:17 | Jul 17th, 2012