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Why should we study Dickens? |
Dr Robert Douglas-Fairhurst of Magdalen College, Oxford, discusses his current research and proposes why we should still study Dickens. |
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Ilana Lassman |
31 Jul 2013 |
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Dickens' Railways |
Professor Stphen Gill, Lincoln College, gives a talk about the influence the Railways had on Charles Dickens' literature. |
Stephen Gill |
26 Oct 2012 |
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Rich and Poor in Britain in the Age of Dickens and Today |
A lecture exploring the differences and similarities between the rich and poor of Dickens' era and that of today. Alison Jackson, Jane Humphries, Helen Small and Paul Donovan bring forward their views in a panel discussion. |
Alison Jackson, Jane Humphries, Helen Small, Paul Donovan |
15 Oct 2012 |
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Rich and Poor in Britain in the Age of Dickens and Today |
A lecture exploring the differences and similarities between the rich and poor of Dickens' era and that of today. Alison Jackson, Jane Humphries, Helen Small and Paul Donovan bring forward their views in a panel discussion. |
Alison Jackson, Jane Humphries, Helen Small, Paul Donovan |
15 Oct 2012 |
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Dickens's Points of View |
Professor Jon Mee, University of Warwick, discusses how Dickens's fiction can be considered 'cinematic' by drawing attention to the shifting points of view in Oliver Twist, Our Mutual Friend, and other novels. |
Jon Mee |
14 Jun 2012 |
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Literature and Form 2: Chapters |
Dr. Catherine Brown offers a series of talks introducing different writing forms and their use in great novels: In the second lecture, Brown talks about the ways in which writers choose to break up their works into chapters, parts, and volumes. |
Catherine Brown |
21 May 2012 |
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Julian Thompson on Wilkie Collins |
Dr. Julian Thompson considers how Wilkie Collins's fiction was pioneering across a variety of genres, including detective fiction and gothic thrillers. |
Julian Thompson |
15 May 2012 |
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Why Dickens? |
Dr Robert Douglas-Fairhurst talks of Dickens' life and influences and why these have made his works so popular. |
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst |
02 Mar 2012 |
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A Christmas Carol |
A Christmas carol in prose: being a ghost story of Christmas. By Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. |
Charles Dickens |
21 Dec 2010 |
