Research English At Durham

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READ gives you an insight into the groundbreaking literary research from Durham University’s world-class Department of English Studies. Our podcasts feature lectures by our researchers, as well as poetry readings and interviews with authors. Visit our blog and follow us on social media, or find out more about the Department of English Studies.

  1. Space, choreography and royal iconography at the English court

    12/11/2020

    Space, choreography and royal iconography at the English court

    For diplomats coming to the court of Charles I, it was more than a case  of knocking at the door and being shown in. In this Late Summer Lectures  podcast, Kimberley Foy uses the experience of visiting ambassadors to  show how attending the court of Charles I involved a carefully  choreographed set of moves, through particular spaces. For more information and an accessible transcript, visit our blog.

    20 min
  2. Rousing the vox populi in James Shirley’s The Politician

    11/27/2020

    Rousing the vox populi in James Shirley’s The Politician

    In this podcast from our Late Summer Lectures series, Kathleen Foy from  Durham University explains how James Shirley’s 1639 tragedy The Politician reflected the court and politics of Charles I. For more information and an accessible transcript, visit our blog.

    19 min
  3. Birds and Embodiment in Shelley and Keats

    11/20/2020

    Birds and Embodiment in Shelley and Keats

    In this podcast from our Late Summer Lectures series, Dr Amanda Blake  Davis of the University of Sheffield takes us on a flight through birds  and embodiment in the poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats. For more information, and an accessible transcript, visit: https://readdurhamenglish.wordpress.com/?p=30434

    24 min
  4. The Autobiographical Pursuit of Happiness in Eighteenth-Century Literature

    11/13/2020

    The Autobiographical Pursuit of Happiness in Eighteenth-Century Literature

    In this podcast from our Late Summer Lectures series, Alex Hobday  (University of Cambridge) examines how eighteenth-century culture sought to answer that eternal question: what is happiness, and how can we achieve it? For more information, and an accessible transcript, visit: https://readdurhamenglish.wordpress.com/?p=30441

    30 min

  5. 06/19/2020

    In Conversation with Jane Smiley

    In a wide-ranging interview, Pulitzer-prize-winning novelist Jane Smiley explains  how literary characters take on a life of their own, reflects on the  representation of the body in literature, and examines her own status as  a female novelist emerging in the 1970s. This conversation between Dr Jennifer Terry and Jane Smiley was recorded at the Literary Dolls conference in 2014. Find out more at READ: Research English At Durham.

    45 min
  6. An Evening with T.S. Eliot

    06/12/2020

    An Evening with T.S. Eliot

    The Centre for Poetry and Poetics held an evening to celebrate the poetry and influence of T.S. Eliot.  Dr Gareth Reeves and Professor Jason Harding, two scholars who specialise in Eliot’s life and works, read from Eliot's own poetry and that of later poets such as Donald Davie and Hart Crane who were inspired by him. Find out more at READ: Research English At Durham.

    49 min
  7. Antler

    06/05/2020

    Antler

    John Clegg’s first collection, Antler,  features prehistoric landscapes, folk tale and myth. John’s  reading includes a history of a city in four stanzas, and the story of  an “ice road trucker.” John Clegg’s poetry is published by and copyright  of Salt Publishing. Find out more at READ: Research English At Durham.

    11 min
  8. To Hell with Paradise

    05/29/2020

    To Hell with Paradise

    Gareth Reeves’ third collection, To Hell With Paradise: New and Selected Poems,  has just been published by Carcanet. In this reading from the  collection, Gareth adopts a range of intriguing perspectives and voices,  including that of a cash machine looking at a man trying to withdraw  his money, and Dimitri Shostakovich thinking about bird droppings.  Gareth Reeves’s collection is published by and copyright of Carcanet. Find out more at READ: Research English At Durham.

    17 min
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READ gives you an insight into the groundbreaking literary research from Durham University’s world-class Department of English Studies. Our podcasts feature lectures by our researchers, as well as poetry readings and interviews with authors. Visit our blog and follow us on social media, or find out more about the Department of English Studies.

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    Research English At Durham
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2020
  • Episodes
    45
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