Taiwan Under Japanese Colonial Rule
Harvard University
David Wang, Harvard University, discusses colonialism and modernity in East Asia from the perspective of subjects very different from those that […]
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Natural Science and the Making of Modern German Literature
Jeremy Adler, Kings College London, discusses the topic of “two cultures” and expands upon C.P Snows’s notion of the “third […]
L’Italia da Jacopo Ortis a Montalbano
If you are familiar with the Italian Risorgimento, this will help add more substance from a literary point of view. […]
Thomas Hardy: the world of his novels
Royal Holloway University of London
Professor Barrie Bullen, Royal Holloway Thomas Hardy: the world of his novels
On Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice
Boston University
James Anderson Winn, Professor; Director, Boston University Center for Humanities, discusses Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice.
The Rise of Prison Literature in the Sixteenth Century
Queen Mary University London
The Rise of Prison Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming)
Liebestod: Opera Buffa with Leib Goldkorn
Leslie Epstein, Professor of English at Boston University discusses Leib Goldkorn, who discovers that his father is not a hops […]
The Vampyre Family
The Vampyre Family: A Tale of Passion, Envy and the Curse of Byron, Canongate Books, 2013 Professor Andrew McConnell Stott, […]
The Norton Anthology of World Literature – Martin Puchner
Harvard University
Martin Puchner, Harvard University The Norton Anthology of World Literature
Olive Schreiner Writers and their Work
University College London
Olive Schreiner Writers and their Work (Plymouth: Northcote House, 2013)