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Alan Garner |
A brief introduction to the British fantasy writer, Alan Garner. |
Felix Taylor |
12 May 2020 |
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Approaching Fantasy Literature |
A short introduction to reading and studying fantasy literature. |
Stuart Lee |
12 May 2020 |
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H. P. Lovecraft |
A brief introduction to the writer, H. P. Lovecraft. |
Stuart Lee |
12 May 2020 |
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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. |
Carolyne Larrington |
10 Feb 2016 |
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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. |
Judith Priestman |
22 May 2013 |
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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. |
Brian Regal |
28 Jul 2011 |
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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. |
Stuart Lee, Elizabeth Solopova, Tara Mulholland |
25 Mar 2010 |
