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Professor of Poetry
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In Sleep a King

This is a sleep-talk on the subject of waking up with Sonnet 87 (by Shakespeare) in the background. This talk was given by Alice Oswald on the 25th November 2021.
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The Meaning of Carpe Diem

How "seize the day" does not get CLOSE to capturing the power of the poet Horace's words
Great Writers Inspire

Mary Leapor

Dr Jennifer Batt talks about Mary Leapor, an 18th Century kitchen maid who wrote accomplished verses and won accolades from literary society.
History of the Eighteenth Century in Ten Poems

The Joys of Cricket

This podcast looks at cricket seen through eighteenth-century eyes, focussing on a poem by James Dance, called 'Cricket: An Heroic Poem.'.
MSt English Language

History of English Pronunciation

Do we really know what Chaucer's poetry sounded like? Professor Simon Horobin introduces evidence that gives us an insight into the history of English pronunciation and explores what it tells us about how and why changes in language take place.

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