Jason Allen offers a comparative discussion of two important Caribbean poets and …
Jason Allen offers a comparative discussion of two important Caribbean poets and playwrights, Aime Cesaire and Derek Walcott, to emphasize the impact of Caribbean literature upon the postcolonial world. By using biographical and historical detail to support his analysis of some of Cesaire and Walcott's key texts, Allen offers insight into what it means to be a Caribbean writer - looking back to a colonial past, and forward to a global future. This audio recording is part the Interviews on Great Writers series presented by Oxford University Podcasts.
This site provides 253 narratives describing travels in the colonies and U.S. …
This site provides 253 narratives describing travels in the colonies and U.S. The collection includes works by authors not widely known as well as by Matthew Arnold, James Fenimore Cooper, Dickens, Washington Irving, Sir Charles Lyell, Robert Louis Stevenson, and other major figures. The collection is searchable and can be browsed by not only by author and title, but also by subject.
Students analyze images of Oscar Wilde used to publicize his 1882 American …
Students analyze images of Oscar Wilde used to publicize his 1882 American lecture tour. They then compare a caricature to another researched image, sharing this analysis in a podcast.
Students create BioBags, a collection of texts that mark special times in …
Students create BioBags, a collection of texts that mark special times in their lives. BioBags provide a way for students to share a variety of events and texts.
Professor Paul Eggert, University of New South Wales, gives the 17th Annual …
Professor Paul Eggert, University of New South Wales, gives the 17th Annual D.F. McKenzie lecture on the subject of books and gives a case study of Henry Lawson, Australian author of Where the Billy Boils. This podcast is part of the Literature, Art and Oxford series from Oxford University.
In this author study, students listen to and discuss four books by …
In this author study, students listen to and discuss four books by Leo Lionni. They identify similarities and differences in the stories and then compare two stories of their choice.
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes New Yorker staff writer Lawrence Wright for …
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes New Yorker staff writer Lawrence Wright for a discussion of his new book, The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11. Included in the conversation are profiles of Mohammed Qutb, Osama Bin Laden, and Dr. Ayman al-Zawarhiri. key figures in the radical jihadist movement that became Al Qaeda. Wright also reflects on the career of FBI agent John O’Neill who lead the FBI search for terrorists within the United States and was killed` in the destruction of the Twin Towers. (57 minutes)
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes writer/critic Mark Steyn, the 2007 Nimitz Lecturer …
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes writer/critic Mark Steyn, the 2007 Nimitz Lecturer at Berkeley. Focusing on his new book, "America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It," they discuss Europe and America's relations with the Islamic world. In the interview, their conversation also focuses on the craft of writing in a multi media globalized world. (55 minutes)
Host Harry Kreisler welcomes historian and novelist Michael Oren for a discussion …
Host Harry Kreisler welcomes historian and novelist Michael Oren for a discussion of the search for truth in his historical studies and in his novels. He reflects on the skills and temperament required to do history and fiction focusing on his study of the six day war in the Middle East and his novel Reunion. (54 min)
Professor Peter McDonald draws on the work of Indian novelist and literary …
Professor Peter McDonald draws on the work of Indian novelist and literary critic, Amit Chaudhuri, to open up new ways of how we can think about D.H. Lawrence, not only as a Modernist, but also as a Post/Colonial writer. Peter then turns to Lawrence's short story, 'The Woman Who Rode Away' (1924), set in rural Mexico, in order to demonstrate how his literature runs against the grain of distinctly Western modes of thought. This audio recording is part the Interviews on Great Writers series presented by Oxford University Podcasts.
The students at Riverside Elementary School are excited about a visit from …
The students at Riverside Elementary School are excited about a visit from a real author. The class has been reading books by the author to get ready for her visit. No one was as excited as Eddie.
Quabbin Quills, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Massachusetts, designed an editorial guide for …
Quabbin Quills, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Massachusetts, designed an editorial guide for authors to get a general framework on how to format their work for submission as well as to display basic grammar rules for reference.
Great Writers Inspire presents an illuminating collection of Aphra Behn resources curated …
Great Writers Inspire presents an illuminating collection of Aphra Behn resources curated by specialists at the University of Oxford. It includes audio and video lectures and short talks, downloadable electronic texts and eBooks, and background contextual resources.
Great Writers Inspire presents an illuminating collection of Ben Jonson resources curated …
Great Writers Inspire presents an illuminating collection of Ben Jonson resources curated by specialists at the University of Oxford. It includes downloadable electronic texts and eBooks, and background contextual resources.
Great Writers Inspire presents an illuminating collection of Charles Dickens resources curated …
Great Writers Inspire presents an illuminating collection of Charles Dickens resources curated by specialists at the University of Oxford. It includes audio and video lectures and short talks, downloadable electronic texts and eBooks, and background contextual resources.
Great Writers Inspire presents an illuminating collection of Charlotte Brontモe resources curated …
Great Writers Inspire presents an illuminating collection of Charlotte Brontモe resources curated by specialists at the University of Oxford. It includes audio and video lectures and short talks, downloadable electronic texts and eBooks, and background contextual resources.
Great Writers Inspire presents an illuminating collection of Christopher Marlowe resources curated …
Great Writers Inspire presents an illuminating collection of Christopher Marlowe resources curated by specialists at the University of Oxford. It includes downloadable electronic texts and eBooks, and background contextual resources.
Great Writers Inspire presents an illuminating collection of D.H. Lawrence resources curated …
Great Writers Inspire presents an illuminating collection of D.H. Lawrence resources curated by specialists at the University of Oxford. It includes audio and video lectures and short talks, downloadable electronic texts and eBooks, and background contextual resources.
Great Writers Inspire presents an illuminating collection of Derek Walcott resources curated …
Great Writers Inspire presents an illuminating collection of Derek Walcott resources curated by specialists at the University of Oxford. It includes audio lectures and downloadable electronic texts and eBooks, and background contextual resources.
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