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Ros Ballaster

Series featuring Ros Ballaster

# Episode Title Description Duration People Date
1 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. 0:52:01 Ros Ballaster, Rebecca Loxton, Abigail Rose, Rachel Brook 10 Apr 2013
2 Creative Commons 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
3 Creative Commons 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. 0:13:05 Ros Ballaster 13 Mar 2012
# Episode Title Description Duration People Date
1 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. 0:52:10 Ros Ballaster, Rebecca Loxton, Abigail Rose, Rachel Brook 10 Apr 2013