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| # | Title | Description | Contributor | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memorialising Shakespeare: The First Folio and other elegies | 
             Emma Smith (Professor of English Literature, Oxford), gives a talk on Shakespeare memorials. Ben...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 2 | Acting Masterclass: "Lend me your ears" | 
             A second Masterclass on how Shakespeare spins rhetoric for the actor, with Sam Leith, journalist...  | 
                  Gregory Doran, Sam Leith | 
| 3 | Acting Masterclass: 'Pyramus, you begin' | 
             A practical Masterclass with Greg Doran from the Royal Shakespeare Company looking at what clues...  | 
                  Gregory Doran | 
| 4 | The language of Shakespeare | 
             Actors and the director talk about how they have approached and worked with their student...  | 
                  Kate O'Connor | 
| 5 | Understanding Shakespeare | 
             The actor Nick Lyons talks about the challenge of the language barrier and how he dealt with it...  | 
                  Nick Lyons | 
| 6 | Two Gentlemen of Verona: The view from the Director | 
             The director talks about how she adapted the script and directed the student Shakespeare...  | 
                  Kate O'Connor | 
| 7 | The Tempest: For you am I this patient log-man | 
             The director and actors talk about the log-scene in The Tempest and how they interpret and...  | 
                  Archie Cornish, Dylan Townley | 
| 8 | The Tempest: Our revels now are ended | 
             The famous Shakespeare scene from The Tempest, performed by actors from an Oxford student drama...  | 
                  Dylan Townley | 
| 9 | The Tempest - Our revels now are ended: Conveying Shakespeare's meaning | 
             The actor Dylan Townley talks about the language of Shakespeare. He describes how understanding...  | 
                  Dylan Townley | 
| 10 | The Tempest: Prospero | 
             Actor Dylan Townley talks with director Archie Cornish about the character Prospero. They...  | 
                  Archie Cornish, Dylan Townley | 
| 11 | The Tempest: Direction and interpretation | 
             Director Archie Cornish and actor Dylan Townley - Prospero - talk about adapting, directing and...  | 
                  Archie Cornish, Dylan Townley | 
| 12 | Teaching Shakespeare in Schools | 
             A teacher talks about how she teaches Shakespeare in school, using video clips and references...  | 
                  Joyti Chandegra | 
| 13 | The Tempest - Our revels now are ended: Bringing a scene to Life | 
             The director Archie Cornish, and actor Dylan Townley, introduce the Revel speech in The Tempest...  | 
                  Archie Cornish, Dylan Townley | 
| 14 | Jane Austen's Manuscripts Explored | 
             Professor Kathryn Sutherland from the University of Oxford talks around the manuscripts of Jane...  | 
                  Kathryn Sutherland | 
| 15 | The Watsons: Jane Austen Practising | 
             Professor Kathryn Sutherland from the University of Oxford talks about some of Jane Austen'...  | 
                  Kathryn Sutherland | 
| 16 | Great Writers Inspire- An Introduction to the Project | 
             A short introductory video to the "Great Writers Inspire project.  | 
                  Joshua Carr | 
| 17 | Literature and Form 4: What is "Comparative Literature"? | 
             Dr Catherine Brown gives the fourth and final lecture in the Literature and Form lecture series...  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 18 | Literature and Form 3: Multiple Plotting | 
             Dr Catherine Brown gives the third lecture in the Literature and Form lecture series. Including...  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 19 | Literature and Form 2: Chapters | 
             Dr. Catherine Brown offers a series of talks introducing different writing forms and their use...  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 20 | Literature and Form 1: Unreliable Narrators | 
             Dr. Catherine Brown offers a series introducing different writing forms and their use in great...  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 21 | The face of Charles Dickens - portraits of the great author | 
             Free public lecture from Gresham College. Available as video, audio and transcript
  | 
                  Andrew Xavier | 
| 22 | The Dictionary Garret - Anatomy of a Room | 
             Free public lecture from Gresham College. Available as video, audio, transcript and power-point...  | 
                  Natasha McEnroe | 
| 23 | Dickens and the Moving Age (lecture) | 
             Free public lecture from Gresham College. Available as video, audio and transcript. ...  | 
                  Tony Williams | 
| 24 | Phiz, Dickens and London | 
             Free public lecture from Gresham College. Available as video, audio, transcript and power-point...  | 
                  Valerie Browne Lester | 
| 25 | A history of the dictionary: Dr Johnson, I presume? | 
             Free public lecture by Henry Hitchings at Gresham College, recorded on Monday, 2 March 2009....  | 
                  Henry Hitchings | 
| 26 | Chaucer | 
             Professor Daniel Wakelin discusses the work of Chaucer and explains how he was one of the first...  | 
                  Daniel Wakelin | 
| 27 | Ezra Pound | 
             Dr Rebecca Beasley explains why we should read Pound, someone she considers as the central...  | 
                  Rebecca Beasley | 
| 28 | Mary Leapor | 
             Dr Jennifer Batt talks about Mary Leapor, an 18th Century kitchen maid who wrote accomplished...  | 
                  Jennifer Batt | 
| 29 | DH Lawrence 7. Reception History | 
             Catherine Brown gives the Seventh and final lecture in the DH Lawrence series  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 30 | DH Lawrence 6. Birds, Beasts and Children | 
             Catherine Brown gives the sixth lecture in the DH Lawrence series  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 31 | John Milton | 
             Dr Anna Beer shares a few short extracts of Milton's poem Lycidas and discusses what they...  | 
                  Anna Beer | 
| 32 | Only Collect: An Introduction to the World of the Poetic Miscellany | 
             Dr Abigail Williams, Director of the Digital Miscellanies Index, explains how these popular...  | 
                  Abigail Williams | 
| 33 | DH Lawrence 5. The Alps | 
             Catherine Brown gives the fifth lecture in the DH Lawrence series  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 34 | DH Lawrence 4. The World at Large | 
             Catherine Brown gives the fourth lecture in the DH Lawrence series  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 35 | DH Lawrence 3. Christianity | 
             Catherine Brown gives the third lecture in the DH Lawrence series  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 36 | DH Lawrence 2. Humour | 
             Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 37 | DH Lawrence 1. Consciousness | 
             Catherine Brown gives the first lecture in the D.H. Lawrence series  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 38 | J.M. Coetzee | 
             Professor Peter McDonald gives a talk on the work of South African Nobel Laureate, J.M. Coetzee...  | 
                  Peter McDonald | 
| 39 | Olive Schreiner | 
             Professor Elleke Boehmer gives a talk on Olive Schreiner (1855-1920), the South African novelist...  | 
                  Elleke Boehmer | 
| 40 | Katherine Mansfield and Rhythm Magazine | 
             Dr Faith Binckes explains why modernist short story writer and critic Katherine Mansfield (1888-...  | 
                  Faith Binckes | 
| 41 | George Eliot - A Very Large Brain | 
             Dr Catherine Brown gives a talk on George Eliot and her influences  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 42 | William Blake | 
             Dr David Fallon introduces the poetry, painting, and engraving of William Blake, focusing on the...  | 
                  David Fallon | 
| 43 | 18th Century Labouring Class Poetry | 
             Dr Jennifer Batt gives a talk on Stephen Duck, one of the 18th Century labouring-class poets  | 
                  Jennifer Batt | 
| 44 | Jonathan Swift and the Art of Undressing | 
             Dr Abigail Williams gives a talk on Jonathan Swift and the Art of Undressing  | 
                  Abigail Williams | 
| 45 | Beowulf | 
             Dr Francis Leneghan gives a talk on Beowulf, one of the most important works in Anglo-Saxon...  | 
                  Francis Leneghan | 
| 46 | Shakespeare and the Stage | 
             Professor Tiffany Stern gives a talk on William Shakespeare and how his plays were performed in...  | 
                  Tiffany Stern | 
| 47 | The Authorised Version in Modern Literature: David and Job get makeovers | 
             Prof Terence Wright (Newcastle University) gives the fourth lecture in the Manifold Greatness;...  | 
                  Terrence Wright | 
| 48 | This book of starres': biblical constellations in the poetry of Herbert and Vaughan | 
             Prof Helen Wilcox (Bangor University) gives the third lecture in the Manifold Greatness"...  | 
                  Helen Wilcox | 
| 49 | Swirls and secrets: the mysteries of Jonathan Swift's love letters | 
             In Swift's letters to his adored Stella, we see an elaborate combination of language and...  | 
                  Abigail Williams | 
| 50 | Oxford Literary Festival 2010 By Seven Firs and Goldenstone - An account of the Legend of Alderley | 
             Alan Garner gives an illustrated lecture on the Legend of Alderley. This version of the myth of...  | 
                  Alan Garner | 
| 51 | Old English Tour - British Library | 
             Enhanced Podcast Tour of the Old English Manuscripts on display at the British Library by Dr S....  | 
                  Stuart Lee | 
| # | Title | Description | Contributor | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Male memory, female subject: the case of Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft | 
             Janet Todd gives the keynote lecture at the Silence in the Archives conference held at Wolfson...  | 
                  Janet Todd | 
| 2 | The Women who 'Meant to Do It': George Eliot and Celebrity Performance | 
             The novelist Patricia Duncker gives the keynote lecture at the Life-Writing and Female Celebrity...  | 
                  Patricia Duncker | 
| 3 | 1594: Shakespeare's most important year | 
             In the summer of 1594 William Shakespeare decided to invest around £50 to become a shareholder...  | 
                  Bart van Es | 
| 4 | The Magic of Shakespeare | 
             This lecture will celebrate Shakespeare's immortality on the exact 400th anniversary of his...  | 
                  Jonathan Bate | 
| 5 | Shakespeare and the Victorians | 
             Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Professor of English Literature, Oxford, gives a talk for Shakespeare...  | 
                  Robert Douglas-Fairhurst | 
| 6 | Romeo and Juliet | 
             This lecture on Romeo and Juliet tackles the issue of the spoiler-chorus, in an already-too-...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 7 | Coriolanus | 
             This lecture takes up a detail from Shakespeare’s late Roman tragedy Coriolanus to ask about the...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 8 | 4. Wilde and Sexuality | 
             Sos Eltis gives the fourth lecture in her Oscar Wilde series, looking at Wilde's sexuality and...  | 
                  Sos Eltis | 
| 9 | Translations as Literature | 
             Matthew Reynolds, Fellow and Tutor in English Language and Literature, Oxford, gives a talk for...  | 
                  Matthew Reynolds | 
| 10 | 3. Art and Morality | 
             Sos Eltis gives the third lecture in the series on Oscar Wilde, focussing on Wilde's...  | 
                  Sos Eltis | 
| 11 | Wolves and Winter: Old Norse Myths and Children's Literature | 
             Dr Carolyne Larrington, Supernumerary Fellow and Tutor in English, St John's College, gives...  | 
                  Carolyne Larrington | 
| 12 | 2. Wilde, Victorian and Modernist | 
             Sos Eltis gives the second lecture in her series on Oscar Wilde, focussing on his place in the...  | 
                  Sos Eltis | 
| 13 | 1. The Art of Biography and the Biography of Art | 
             The first lecture in the Oscar Wilde series in which Sos Eltis talks about Wilde's life and...  | 
                  Sos Eltis | 
| 14 | Why should we study Chaucer? | 
             Dr Laura Ashe of Worcester College, Oxford, discusses her current research and proposes why we...  | 
                  Laura Ashe, Ilana Lassman | 
| 15 | Why should we study Shakespeare? | 
             Dr Emma Smith of Hertford College, Oxford, discusses her current research and proposes why we...  | 
                  Emma Smith, Ilana Lassman | 
| 16 | Why should we study Dickens? | 
             Dr Robert Douglas-Fairhurst of Magdalen College, Oxford, discusses his current research and...  | 
                  Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Ilana Lassman | 
| 17 | 03 Lire Sade avec Rousseau | 
             This lecture is in French. Third lecture in the Sade, l'inconnu? Nouvelles approaches...  | 
                  Mladen Kozul | 
| 18 | 08 Obscenity off the Scene: Sade's La Philosophie dans le Boudoir | 
             This lecture is in English. Eighth lecture in the Sade, l'inconnu? Nouvelles approaches...  | 
                  John Phillips | 
| 19 | 07 Sade, homme de lettres | 
             This lecture is in French. Seventh lecture in the Sade, l'inconnu? Nouvelles approaches...  | 
                  Stéphanie Genand | 
| 20 | Acting Masterclass: "Lend me your ears" | 
             A practical Masterclass with Greg Doran from the Royal Shakespeare Company on how Shakespeare...  | 
                  Gregory Doran, Sam Leith | 
| 21 | Acting Masterclass: 'Pyramus, you begin' | 
             A practical Masterclass looking at what clues Shakespeare puts into the verse for the actor....  | 
                  Gregory Doran | 
| 22 | The real Jane Austen: A life in small things | 
             Biographer Paula Byrne (Perdita: The Life of Mary Robinson and Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the...  | 
                  Paula Byrne | 
| 23 | Popular fiction in World War One | 
             An argument for a more nuanced assessment of the popular literature consumed by the wider public...  | 
                  Jane Potter | 
| 24 | W.B. Yeats and the Ghost Club | 
             Dr Tara Stubbs uses exciting new research findings to discuss the close links between Yeats...  | 
                  Tara Stubbs | 
| 25 | The Merchant of Venice | 
             This lecture on The Merchant of Venice discusses the ways the play's personal relationships...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 26 | Taming of the Shrew | 
             Emma Smith uses evidence of early reception and from more recent productions to discuss the...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 27 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | 
             This lecture on A Midsummer Night's Dream uses modern and early modern understandings of...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 28 | Much Ado About Nothing | 
             Emma Smith asks why the characters are so quick to believe the self-proclaimed villain Don John...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 29 | Dickens' Railways | 
             Professor Stephen Gill, Lincoln College, gives a talk about the influence the Railways had on...  | 
                  Stephen Gill | 
| 30 | Hamlet | 
             The fact that father and son share the same name in Hamlet is used to investigate the play'...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 31 | As You Like It | 
             Asking 'what happens in As You Like It', this lecture considers the play's...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 32 | Jane Austen's Manuscripts Explored | 
             Professor Kathyrn Sutherland from the University of Oxford talks around the manuscripts of Jane...  | 
                  Kathryn Sutherland | 
| 33 | The Watsons: Jane Austen Practising | 
             Professor Kathryn Sutherland from the University of Oxford talks about some of Jane Austen'...  | 
                  Kathryn Sutherland | 
| 34 | Literature and Form 4: What is "Comparative Literature"? | 
             Dr Catherine Brown gives the fourth and final lecture in the Literature and Form lecture series...  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 35 | Literature and Form 3: Multiple Plotting | 
             Dr Catherine Brown gives the third lecture in the Literature and Form lecture series. Including...  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 36 | Literature and Form 2: Chapters | 
             Dr. Catherine Brown offers a series of talks introducing different writing forms and their use...  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 37 | Literature and Form 1: Unreliable Narrators | 
             Dr. Catherine Brown offers a series introducing different writing forms and their use in great...  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 38 | Chaucer | 
             Professor Daniel Wakelin discusses the work of Chaucer and explains how he was one of the first...  | 
                  Daniel Wakelin | 
| 39 | Ezra Pound | 
             Dr Rebecca Beasley explains why we should read Pound, someone she considers as the central...  | 
                  Rebecca Beasley | 
| 40 | Mary Leapor | 
             Dr Jennifer Batt talks about Mary Leapor, an 18th Century kitchen maid who wrote accomplished...  | 
                  Jennifer Batt | 
| 41 | DH Lawrence 7. Reception History | 
             Catherine Brown gives the Seventh and final lecture in the DH Lawrence series  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 42 | DH Lawrence 6. Birds, Beasts and Children | 
             Catherine Brown gives the sixth lecture in the DH Lawrence series  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 43 | John Milton | 
             Dr Anna Beer shares a few short extracts of Milton's poem Lycidas and discusses what they...  | 
                  Anna Beer | 
| 44 | The Lure of the East: the Oriental and Philosophical Tale in Eighteenth-Century England | 
             Professor Ros Ballaster discusses the objectives of oriental tales published in the second half...  | 
                  Ros Ballaster | 
| 45 | Only Collect: An Introduction to the World of the Poetic Miscellany | 
             Dr Abigail Williams, Director of the Digital Miscellanies Index, explains how these popular...  | 
                  Abigail Williams | 
| 46 | Why Dickens? | 
             Dr Robert Douglas-Fairhurst talks of Dickens' life and influences and why these have made...  | 
                  Robert Douglas-Fairhurst | 
| 47 | DH Lawrence 5. The Alps | 
             Catherine Brown gives the fifth lecture in the DH Lawrence series  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 48 | DH Lawrence 4. The World at Large | 
             Catherine Brown gives the fourth lecture in the DH Lawrence series  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 49 | DH Lawrence 3. Christianity | 
             Catherine Brown gives the third lecture in the DH Lawrence series  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 50 | King Lear | 
             Showing how generations of critics - and Shakespeare himself - have rewritten the ending of King...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 51 | DH Lawrence 2. Humour | 
             Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 52 | DH Lawrence 1. Consciousness | 
             Catherine Brown gives her first lecture in the D.H. Lawrence series  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 53 | King John | 
             At the heart of King John is the death of his rival Arthur: this fifteenth lecture in the...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 54 | J.M. Coetzee | 
             Professor Peter McDonald gives a talk on the work of South African Nobel Laureate, J.M. Coetzee...  | 
                  Peter McDonald | 
| 55 | Olive Schreiner | 
             Professor Elleke Boehmer gives a talk on Olive Schreiner (1855-1920), the South African novelist...  | 
                  Elleke Boehmer | 
| 56 | Katherine Mansfield and Rhythm Magazine | 
             Dr Faith Binckes explains why modernist short story writer and critic Katherine Mansfield (1888-...  | 
                  Faith Binckes | 
| 57 | George Eliot - A Very Large Brain | 
             In this ten minute podcast, Dr Catherine Brown discusses George Eliot's intellectual...  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 58 | William Blake | 
             Dr David Fallon introduces the poetry, painting, and engraving of William Blake, focusing on the...  | 
                  David Fallon | 
| 59 | 18th Century Labouring Class Poetry | 
             Dr Jennifer Batt gives a talk on Stephen Duck, one of the 18th Century labouring-class poets  | 
                  Jennifer Batt | 
| 60 | Jonathan Swift and the Art of Undressing | 
             Dr Abigail Williams gives a talk on Jonathan Swift and the Art of Undressing  | 
                  Abigail Williams | 
| 61 | Beowulf | 
             Dr Francis Leneghan gives a talk on Beowulf, one of the most important works in Anglo-Saxon...  | 
                  Francis Leneghan | 
| 62 | Shakespeare and the Stage | 
             Professor Tiffany Stern gives a talk on William Shakespeare and how his plays were performed in...  | 
                  Tiffany Stern | 
| 63 | Pericles, Prince of Tyre | 
             Pericles has been on the margins of the Shakespearean canon: this fourteenth lecture in the...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 64 | Richard III | 
             In this thirteenth lecture in the Approaching Shakespeare series the focus is on the...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 65 | The Comedy of Errors | 
             Lecture 12 in the Approaching Shakespeare series asks how seriously we can take the farcical...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 66 | George Eliot 3. Reception History | 
             In this third and final podcast, Dr Catherine Brown discusses the popularity of George Eliot...  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 67 | History of English Pronunciation | 
             Do we really know what Chaucer's poetry sounded like? Professor Simon Horobin introduces...  | 
                  Simon Horobin | 
| 68 | Henry IV part 1 | 
             Like generations of theatre-goers, this lecture concentrates on the (large) figure of Sir John...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 69 | George Eliot 2. Genre and Justice | 
             The second lecture in the series on George Eliot considers how narrative justice operates in...  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 70 | The Tempest | 
             That the character of Prospero is a Shakespearean self-portrait is a common reading of The...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 71 | George Eliot 1. Intellect and Consciousness | 
             In this lecture Dr Catherine Brown brings her discussion to focus primarily upon Eliot's...  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 72 | Antony and Cleopatra | 
             What kind of tragedy is this play, with its two central figures rather than a singular hero? The...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 73 | Richard II | 
             Lecture eight in the Approaching Shakespeare series asks the question that structures Richard II...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 74 | Walcott and Naipaul: History and Myth | 
             Catherine Brown, Lecturer in English Literature, compares West Indian writers Derek Walcott and...  | 
                  Catherine Brown | 
| 75 | Twelfth Night | 
             The seventh Approaching Shakespeare lecture takes a minor character in Twelfth Night - Antonio...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 76 | Titus Andronicus | 
             Focusing in detail on one particular scene, and on critical responses to it, this sixth...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 77 | The King James Bible: The End of the Road? | 
             A conversation between Melvyn Bragg and Diarmaid MacCulloch, chaired by the Chancellor of the...  | 
                  Diarmaid MacCulloch, Melvyn Bragg, Chris Patten | 
| 78 | The Authorised Version in Modern Literature: David and Job get makeovers | 
             Prof Terence Wright (Newcastle University) gives the fourth lecture in the Manifold Greatness;...  | 
                  Terrence Wright | 
| 79 | This book of starres': biblical constellations in the poetry of Herbert and Vaughan | 
             Prof Helen Wilcox (Bangor University) gives the third lecture in the Manifold Greatness"...  | 
                  Helen Wilcox | 
| 80 | Brought to Book: Book History and the Idea of Literature | 
             Professor Paul Eggert, University of New South Wales, gives the 17th Annual D.F. McKenzie...  | 
                  Paul Eggert | 
| 81 | Swirls and secrets: the mysteries of Jonathan Swift's love letters | 
             In Swift's letters to his adored Stella, we see an elaborate combination of language and...  | 
                  Abigail Williams | 
| 82 | Mary Shelley - Journal of Sorrow | 
             Part of the Shelley's Ghost Exhibition. In the months immediately following Shelley's...  | 
                  Nouran Koriem | 
| 83 | William Godwin- Letter to Mary Shelley | 
             Part of the Shelley's Ghost Exhibition. This is the letter Godwin wrote to Mary after...  | 
                  Hoare Nairne | 
| 84 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - Letter to Mary Shelley | 
             Part of the Shelley's Ghost Exhibition. 'Everybody is in despair and every thing in...  | 
                  Henry Cockburn | 
| 85 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - Adonais. An Elegy on the Death of John Keats | 
             Part of the Shelley's Ghost Exhibition. This great elegy was prompted by the news of the...  | 
                  Jordan Saxby | 
| 86 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - Opening lines of 'The Triumph of Life' | 
             Part of the Shelley's Ghost Exhibition. Shelley worked on 'The Triumph of Life',...  | 
                  Hoare Nairne | 
| 87 | The Winter's Tale | 
             How we can make sense of a play that veers from tragedy to comedy and stretches credulity in its...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 88 | Macbeth | 
             In this fourth Approaching Shakespeare lecture the question is one of agency: who or what makes...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 89 | Measure for Measure | 
             The third Approaching Shakespeare lecture, on Measure for Measure, focuses on the vexed question...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 90 | Henry V | 
             The second lecture in the Approaching Shakespeare series looks at King Henry V, and asks whether...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 91 | The Bodleian Shakespeare: A treasure lost... and regained | 
             From the 2010 Alumni Weekend. Emma Smith reveals how Oxford University mobilised Alumni support...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 92 | Othello | 
             Othello - First in Emma Smith's Approaching Shakespeare lecture series; looking at the...  | 
                  Emma Smith | 
| 93 | Is there a Core to Translation? | 
             First part of the What is Translation podcast series looking at translation of classical texts....  | 
                  Oliver Taplin, Lorna Hardwick | 
| 94 | Oxford Literary Festival 2010 Pieces of Places Discussion The Weirdstone of Brisingamen | 
             Alan Garner, Mark Edmonds, and Robert Powell take part in a discussion on the subject of pieces...  | 
                  Alan Garner, Mark Edmonds, Robert Powell | 
| 95 | Oxford Literary Festival 2010 Pieces of Places - Reading of Alan Garner's Work | 
             The 50th anniversary of the publication of Alan Garner's first novel, The Weirdstone of...  | 
                  Robert Powell, Alan Garner | 
| 96 | Oxford Literary Festival 2010 By Seven Firs and Goldenstone - An account of the Legend of Alderley | 
             Alan Garner gives an illustrated lecture on the Legend of Alderley. This version of the myth of...  | 
                  Alan Garner | 
| 97 | Is Tragedy still Alive? | 
             Discussion on whether tragedy still exists in modern culture, whether in films, modern theatre...  | 
                  Oliver Taplin, Joshua Billings | 
| 98 | Does Tragedy Teach? | 
             Third dialogue on the nature of tragedy where they talk about whether tragic theatre teaches...  | 
                  Oliver Taplin, Joshua Billings | 
| 99 | What does Tragedy do for People? | 
             A discussion of what the use of tragedy is, and whether the emotional experience of tragic...  | 
                  Oliver Taplin, Joshua Billings | 
| 100 | Censorship in South Africa: Introduction | 
             Peter McDonald talks briefly about what first interested him in Censorship of Literature in...  | 
                  Peter McDonald | 
| 101 | Peter McDonald on Censorship in South Africa | 
             Peter McDonald talks with Oliver Lewis about censorship, its philosophical basis and general...  | 
                  Peter McDonald, Oliver Lewis | 
| 102 | Political Perspectives to State Censorship of Literature | 
             Peter McDonald and David Robertson discuss the idea of state censorship, especially Apartheid...  | 
                  Peter McDonald, David Robertson | 
| 103 | Literature and State Censorship: A literary perspective | 
             Peter McDonald and Elleke Bohemer discuss state censorship from a literary perspective; also...  | 
                  Peter McDonald, Elleke Boehmer | 
| 104 | Legal issues in state censorship | 
             Peter McDonald and Liora Lazarus discuss the legal issues of state censorship especially in...  | 
                  Peter McDonald, Liora Lazarus | 
| 105 | Peter McDonald on Literature | 
             Summary: Peter McDonald talks about how he became to be interested in Literature, how he became...  | 
                  Peter McDonald, Oliver Lewis | 
| 106 | Old English in Context Lecture 4 - Manuscripts | 
             Fourth and final lecture by Dr S D Lee, University of Oxford, on Old English in Context. 7/2/08...  | 
                  Stuart Lee | 
| 107 | Old English in Context Lecture 2 - Society | 
             Lecture delivered by Dr Stuart D Lee, 24/1/08, English Faculty, University of Oxford on Anglo-...  | 
                  Stuart Lee | 
| 108 | Old English in Context Lecture 1 - Historical texts | 
             Lecture by Dr S. D. Lee, Faculty of English, Oxford University - placing Old English literature...  | 
                  Stuart Lee | 
| 109 | Anglo-Saxon Tour - British Museum | 
             Audio only Tour of the Anglo-Saxon exhibits on display at the British Museum by Dr S. D. Lee,...  | 
                  Stuart Lee | 
| 110 | Beowulf reading, ll. 26-52 | 
             Reading from Beowulf ll. 26-52 by Stuart D Lee, University of Oxford. Recorded March 2007.  | 
                  Stuart Lee | 
| 111 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reading | 
             Reading from an entry in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle by Stuart D Lee, University of Oxford....  | 
                  Stuart Lee | 
| 112 | Old English Tour - British Library | 
             Audio Only Tour of the Old English Manuscripts on display at the British Library by Dr S. D. Lee...  | 
                  Stuart Lee | 
| # | Title | Description | Author | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3. Art and Morality (handout) | 
             Sos Eltis gives the third lecture in the series on Oscar Wilde, focussing on Wilde's...  | 
                  Sos Eltis | 
| 2 | 2. Wilde, Victorian and Modernist (handout) | 
             Sos Eltis gives the second lecture in her series on Oscar Wilde, focussing on his place in the...  | 
                  Sos Eltis | 
| 3 | 1. The Art of Biography and the Biography of Art (handout) | 
             First lecture in the Oscar Wilde series in which Sos Eltis talks about Wilde's life and his...  | 
                  Sos Eltis |