History of Ideas: Virginia Woolf

History of Ideas: Virginia Woolf

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Films of Ideas: Rope w/Nicci Gerrard & Sean French

Today it’s the first in our series of live episodes recorded at the Regent Street Cinema in London: David talks to the crime writers Nicci Gerrard and Sean French (aka Nicci French) about Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope (1948), based on Patrick Hamilton’s play of the same name, itself ba ...  عرض المزيد

Politics on Trial: Nelson Mandela vs Apartheid

Today’s episode explores the trials of Nelson Mandela, variously charged by South Africa’s apartheid state with treason, incitement, illegal foreign travel, sabotage and conspiracy across a decade that saw him more often in court than out. How did Mandela defend himself? What cha ...  عرض المزيد

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434 The Story of the Hogarth Press Part 1 - Virginia Woolf's First Self-Published Story
The History of Literature

Virginia Woolf has long been celebrated as a supremely gifted novelist and essayist. Less well known, but important to understanding her life and contributions to literature, are her efforts as a publisher. In the decades that she and her husband operated the Hogarth Press - star ...  عرض المزيد

Rediffusion - Virginia Woolf, Précoces esquisses
PORTRAITS par Lire Magazine

Durant l'été, le podcast Portraits vous invite au voyage. Cette semaine, rendez-vous dans le sud de l'Angleterre avec Virginia Woolf. 


La jeune Virginia Woolf, qui grandit dans la riche bibliothèque de son père intellectuel, se mesure à l’écriture très ...

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Women of Science Fiction: Pauline Hopkins
Womanica

Pauline Hopkins (1859-1930) was a pioneering writer who published articles and serialized novels across genres. She’s known as the author of the first science fiction novel by a woman of color – written decades before the term sci-fi was widely used. Today, you can see her ideas ...  عرض المزيد

Margaret Atwood on Stories, Deception and the Bible
The Ezra Klein Show

A good rule of thumb is that whatever Margaret Atwood is worried about now is likely what the rest of us will be worried about a decade from now. The rise of authoritarianism. A backlash against women’s social progress. The seductions and dangers of genetic engineering. Climat ...

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