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The novel in early eighteenth century England: Defoe and Haywood |
This tutorial with second year students in English at Mansfield College, Oxford University, explores early attempts to define and categorise the 'new' genre of the novel. |
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Ros Ballaster, Rebecca Loxton, Abigail Rose, Rachel Brook |
10 Apr 2013 |
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Oriental Tales and Their Influence |
Prof. Warner and Prof. Ballaster begin their conversation with Antoine Galland's translation into French from Arabic of the 'Alf Layla wa-Layla' as the first two volumes of 'Les Mille et Une Nuit' in the first decade of eighteenth century. |
0:27:23 |
Ros Ballaster, Marina Warner |
26 Mar 2013 |
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The Lure of the East: the Oriental and Philosophical Tale in Eighteenth-Century England |
Professor Ros Ballaster discusses the objectives of oriental tales published in the second half of the 18th Century which use the sheer power of storytelling to conjure up alternative worlds. |
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Ros Ballaster |
13 Mar 2012 |