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Fantasy Literature
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Fantasy Creatures

Dr Caroline Batten and Dr Megan Cavell discuss fantastic animals in fantasy text
Fantasy Literature
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A Conversation with Katherine Langrish

Dr Caroline Batten chats with author Katherine Langrish about her book 'From Spare Oom to War Drobe'
Fantasy Literature
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Edward Lear and Fantasy

Jasmine Jagger provides a short introduction to Edward Lear.
Fantasy Literature
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A Conversation With R. F. Kuang

Carolyne Larrington and Caroline Batten interview Rebecca F. Kuang.
Fantasy Literature
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Werewolves in Medieval Literature vs Modern TV

A discussion of werewolves in medieval and modern representations.
Fantasy Literature
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Desiring Dragons: Creative and Critical Responses to the Dragon in Beowulf

Laura Varnam discusses dragons in fantasy literature.
Fantasy Literature
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Morte D'Arthur Murals in the Oxford Union

A visual discussion of the Morte D'Arthur murals in the library of the Oxford Union.
Fantasy Literature
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Maria Dahvana Headley on Beowulf

Author Maria Dahvana Headley reads from her 2018 novel The Mere Wife, is interviewed by Prof. Carolyne Larrington, and shares drafts from her 2020 translation of Beowulf. This lecture was recorded live at St John’s College, Oxford in November 2018.
Narrative Futures

Episode 5 - Kitschies, indies, and ads: Juggling narrative forms

Jared Shurin explores his wide-ranging interests from anthologising speculative shorts to the Kitschies Awards to ethical advertising for revisioning global narratives.
Narrative Futures

Episode 4: Short stories are short: Edit for meaning

Mahvesh Murad discusses the work of curating and editing anthologies of speculative short fiction, ethically, refusing the word 'diversity' for doing too little, too late.
Narrative Futures

Episode 3 - People like me: Speculation in Pakistan

Sami Shah ranges over his radio, comedy and burgeoning literary career, and describes how he has to write himself into the speculative fiction space.
Narrative Futures

Narrative Futures Coming Soon

The trailer for the Narrative Futures podcast, devised and produced by Chelsea Haith, featuring interviews with eight authors and editors, and writing prompts by Louis Greenberg.
Fantasy Literature
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What Tolkien learnt from 'Beowulf': Representations of Evil

Monsters and evil in Tolkien
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Alan Garner

A brief introduction to the British fantasy writer, Alan Garner.
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Approaching Fantasy Literature

A short introduction to reading and studying fantasy literature.
Fantasy Literature
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H. P. Lovecraft

A brief introduction to the writer, H. P. Lovecraft.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Heroes and Villains in Game of Thrones

Dr Carolyne Larrington gives a talk about Game of Thrones and the often complicated morality its characters have. Part of the Ashmolean Live Friday event on 29th January 2016.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

The Hobbit at the Bodleian: World Book Day 2010

Judith Priestman, curator of literary manuscripts at the Bodleian library, discusses the World Book Day 2010 Tolkien exhibition, at which a selection of J.R.R. Tolkien's original artwork for The Hobbit, was on display to the public.
The History of Science Museum

Crackpots and Eggheads: Eccentricity in Natural History

In the first in a series of 'Eccentricity' lectures, Dr Brian Regal talks about the search for 'monsters', in particular the hunt for Sasquatch or 'Bigfoot', and the "crackpot" natural historians who were obsessed with the search.

Talking Tolkien: The influences of Medieval Literature on the Fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien

Stuart Lee and Elizabeth Solopova discuss the influences of medieval literature on the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien.

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