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The Hobbit at the Bodleian: World Book Day
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Judith Priestman, curator of the Bodleian library, discusses the World Book Day 2010 exhibition, where a selection of J.R.R. Tolkien's original artwork which was used to illustrate The Hobbit, was on display to the public. This podcast is part of the Literature, Art and Oxford series from Oxford University.

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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Lecture
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University of Oxford
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Author:
Judith Priestman
Date Added:
04/13/2010
Joseph Conrad and Postcoloniality - Part 1: Conrad and Chinua Achebe
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Professor Peter McDonald talks to Great Writers Inspire about the Post/Colonial aspects of Joseph Conrad's writing. In this first part, Peter takes Chinua Achebe's 1975 critique of Conrad as a starting point. Achebe deemed Conrad a 'bloody racist', and McDonald considers how Conrad's relationship to language and narrative complicates this. This audio recording is part the Interviews on Great Writers series presented by Oxford University Podcasts.

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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Lecture
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University of Oxford
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Author:
Peter McDonald
Date Added:
08/28/2012
Joseph Conrad and Postcoloniality - Part 2: Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim
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Professor Peter McDonald talks to Great Writers Inspire about the Post/Colonial aspects of Joseph Conrad's writing. In this second part, Peter closely analyses the narrative functions in Heart and Darkness and Lord Jim in order to consider what can be gained in reading these texts within the framework of post/colonial criticism. This audio recording is part the Interviews on Great Writers series presented by Oxford University Podcasts.

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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Lecture
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University of Oxford
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University of Oxford Podcasts
Author:
Peter McDonald
Date Added:
08/28/2012
Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
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A lecture series examining Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. This series looks at German Philosopher Immanuel Kant's seminal philosophical work 'The Critique of Pure Reason'. The lectures aim to outline and discuss some of the key philosophical issues raised in the book and to offer students and individuals thought provoking Kantian ideas surrounding metaphysics. Each lecture looks at particular questions raised in the work such as how do we know what we know and how do we find out about the world, dissects these questions with reference to Kant's work and discusses the broader philosophical implications. Anyone with an interest in Kant and philosophy will find these lectures thought provoking but accessible.

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Arts and Humanities
Philosophy
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
University of Oxford
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University of Oxford Podcasts
Author:
Dan Robinson
Date Added:
02/16/2011
The King James Bible Lecture Series
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Manifold greatness: Oxford Celebrations of the King James Bible 1611-2011. Lecture series held in Corpus Christi College to celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the first publication of the King James Bible.

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Literature
Philosophy
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Lecture
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University of Oxford
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Author:
Chris Patten
Diarmaid MacCulloch
Helen Wilcox
Melvyn Bragg
Pauline Croft
Terrence Wright
Valentine Cunningham
Date Added:
08/25/2011
Kipling, the Elton John of his age?
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Professor Elleke Boehmer discusses why Kipling's writing, and his poetry of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in particular, launched him to international fame across the British Empire. By comparing him to contemporary popular figures such as Elton John and Paul McCartney, she offers insight into how Kipling's verse captured the popular imagination of the common people throughout the age of imperialism. This audio recording is part the Interviews on Great Writers series presented by Oxford University Podcasts.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
University of Oxford
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University of Oxford Podcasts
Author:
Elleke Boehmer, Dominic Davies
Date Added:
10/08/2012
Literature and Form Lecture Series
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Lecture series looking at key concepts in studying Literature; including lectures on the concept of unreliable narrators to theory of comparative literature. This series was filmed in the English Faculty in Trinity Term 2012

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Literature
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Lecture
Provider:
University of Oxford
Provider Set:
University of Oxford Podcasts
Author:
Catherine Brown
Date Added:
01/13/2021