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What happens when literature meets ecology? How do stories shape the way we understand the natural world, climate change, and our place within planetary systems?In this episode of Literary Rides, we explore the rise of Environmental Humanities and Ecocriticism, tracing their deve ...  Show more

Can a translated text ever be truly faithful to its original? Or does every translation create something new?In this episode of Literary Rides, we explore some of the most influential debates in Translation Studies through the works of Walter Benjamin, Caroline Disler, and Susan ...  Show more

Tonight's sleep story is a special two hour episode of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Published in 1818, this novel, written by a teenaged Mary Shelley, is one of the most influential stories in literature and is possibly the first science fiction novel. In the episode, Captain ...

Born from grief, exile, intellectual ferment and the ‘year without a summer’, Frankenstein is a creation myth with its own creation myth. Mary Shelley’s novel is a foundational work of science fiction, horror and trauma narrative, and continues to spark reinvention and reinterpre ...  Show more

Frankenstein and his monster are household names - even if one is often confused for the other. But what of their creator?In this episode we are meeting Mary Shelley. Did she really lose her virginity on her mother's grave? Did she keep her husband's heart after his death? And wh ...  Show more