Kipling, the Elton John of his age?

Prof. Warner and Prof. Ballaster begin their conversation with Antoine Galland's translation into French from Arabic of the 'Alf Layla wa-Layla' as the first two volumes of 'Les Mille et Une Nuit' in the first decade of eighteenth century. The twelve-volume text that became known ...  Show more

Professor Elleke Boehmer notes the distinct lack of women writers on the Post/Colonial Writing page of the Great Writers website, and explores why this is the case. She draws attention to the phenomenon of double colonization and, taking Scottish/South African author Zoe Wicomb a ...  Show more

In this episode, Lisa Buggy, Jenny Coughlan and Mark Molloy explore the poetry of Emily Dickinson. 

Do you enjoy reading poems? Have you ever written a poem? Have you read anything by Emily Dickinson? Bruce Gulland and Megan Nollet share about the interesting and difficult life of the American poet, Emily Dickinson. https://spotlightenglish.com/biography/emily-dickinson-america ...  Show more

A little background on Shakespeare, "Be Thou My Vision", Psalm 36:5-9, "Be Strong!" by Maltie Davenport Babcock, and the beginning of "Romeo and Juliet".