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Creative Commons |
Chaucer |
Professor Daniel Wakelin discusses the work of Chaucer and explains how he was one of the first to use everyday spoken English as a literary language in the 14th Century. |
0:14:01 |
Daniel Wakelin |
17 Apr 2012 |
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Creative Commons |
Ezra Pound |
Dr Rebecca Beasley explains why we should read Pound, someone she considers as the central figure in early 20th Century poetry movements. |
0:15:10 |
Rebecca Beasley |
10 Apr 2012 |
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3 |
Creative Commons |
John Milton |
Dr Anna Beer shares a few short extracts of Milton's poem Lycidas and discusses what they show about Milton's very special qualities as a writer. |
0:18:31 |
Anna Beer |
15 Mar 2012 |
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Creative Commons |
John Milton |
Dr Anna Beer shares a few short extracts of Milton's poem Lycidas and discusses what they show about Milton's very special qualities as a writer. |
0:18:31 |
Anna Beer |
15 Mar 2012 |
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5 |
Creative Commons |
Why Dickens? |
Dr Robert Douglas-Fairhurst talks of Dickens' life and influences and why these have made his works so popular. |
0:10:26 |
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst |
02 Mar 2012 |
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6 |
Creative Commons |
Life and Death |
If a patient decides she doesn't want to live any longer, should she be allowed to die? Should she be allowed to kill herself? |
0:16:17 |
Peter Singer |
04 Jul 2011 |
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What Will A Companionable Computational Agent Be Like? (Lovelace Lecture 2010) |
Yorick Wilks explores the state of the art in modelling realistic conversation with computers over the last 40 years, and asks what we would want in a conversational agent (or 'Companion') designed for a long-term relationship with a user. |
1:01:47 |
Yorick Wilks |
20 Jul 2010 |
