You are here
Fiction
| # | Title | Description | Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Popular fiction in World War One |
An argument for a more nuanced assessment of the popular literature consumed by the wider public... |
Jane Potter |
| # | Title | Description | Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien's Legacy |
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the publication of the final volume of Tolkien’s fantasy... |
Elleke Boehmer, Stuart Lee, Patrick Curry, Dimitra Fimi, Andy Orchard |
| 2 | Oriental Tales and Their Influence |
Prof. Warner and Prof. Ballaster begin their conversation with Antoine Galland's... |
Ros Ballaster, Marina Warner |
| 3 | "Bright Metal on a Sullen Ground": The idea of true character in English writing and portraiture |
Historian Stella Tillyard delivers the fourth Weinrebe Lecture in Life-Writing and Portraiture.... |
Stella Tillyard |
| 4 | Julian Thompson on Wilkie Collins |
Dr. Julian Thompson considers how Wilkie Collins's fiction was pioneering across a variety... |
Julian Thompson |
| 5 | "Oh, you liar, you storyteller": On Fibbing, Fact and Fabulation |
The first Weinrebe lecture in life-writing was given by Michèle Roberts, Emeritus Professor of... |
Michèle Roberts |
| 6 | Where may truth lie? Fiction in memory, memory in fiction |
The award-winning author and memoirist Candia McWilliam attests to the edifying power of fiction... |
Candia McWilliam |
| # | Essay Title | Description | Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Eliot and The Influence of Science |
Why Science?
|
Charlotte Barrett |
| # | Title | Description | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mayor of Casterbridge | Thomas Hardy | |
| 2 | Far From the Madding Crowd | Thomas Hardy |