Victorian Poetry
7 courses, 70 lectures10:50:41
English Literature
Victorian Poetry
In this course, Professor Valentine Cunningham (University of Oxford) explores Victorian Poetry, looking specifically at the poetry of Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, Alfred Lord Tennyson and...
5 lectures
0:56:02
Prof. Valentine Cunningham
Oxford University
English Literature
Poetry: How to Read and Analyse Poetry
In this course, Professor John Lennard talks through the craft of poetry in a course that draws on his international bestseller, The Poetry Handbook, which has been a favourite with both sixth-form students and undergraduates...
15 lectures
2:49:30
Prof. John Lennard
Independent Scholar
English Literature
Tennyson: Maud
In this course, Professor Seamus Perry (University of Oxford) explores Tennyson’s ‘Maud’ (1855), a narrative poem about man’s relationship with a sixteen-year old girl called Maud. As we move through the course, we think about...
6 lectures
0:37:50
Prof. Seamus Perry
Oxford University
English Literature
Robert Browning: My Last Duchess
In this course, Mr Clive Wilmer (University of Cambridge) provides an in-depth analysis of Robert Browning's 'My Last Duchess'. The course begins by introducing Browning himself and the dramatic monologue form, before asking us...
6 lectures
0:40:47
Mr Clive Wilmer
Cambridge University
English Literature
The Poetry of Christina Rossetti
In this course, Dr Ross Wilson (University of Cambridge) explores the poetry of Christina Rossetti. Having begun with a summary of Rossetti’s critical reception, both in her own lifetime and then after her death, we then...
6 lectures
1:03:40
Dr Ross Wilson
Cambridge University
English Literature
The Poetry of Christina Rossetti
In this course, Professor Tom Mole (University of Edinburgh) explores the poetry of Christina Rossetti, focusing in particular on the fourteen poems listed for study for OCR English Literature A Level (excluding ‘Goblin...
14 lectures
2:17:53
Dr Tom Mole
Edinburgh University
English Literature
The Poetry of Thomas Hardy
In this course, we explore the poetry of Thomas Hardy. Having introduced Hardy in the first module, we then go through eighteen of his poems in turn, reading each aloud, and providing in-depth, line-by-line commentary and...
18 lectures
2:24:59
Prof. John McRae
Nottingham University