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Bit of a surprise to see myself suddenly pop up on the feed. I have my eyes open in the rest of the video, honestly.
Whilst analysing the politics of A Christmas Carol, Dr Christopher Pittard looks to Dickens' other novels to highlight the authors wariness of revolution as a means of overcoming social inequality. Watch the course in full on MASSOLIT: eu1.hubs.ly/H0dBqvX0
Hoping the Jamie Oliver thing will maybe knock the whole 'celebrity novel' trend on the head, but it won't, will it?
I didn't actually know this, but it bears out my argument that it is the best adaptation anyway because it's one of the few that realises that Dickens is meant to be funny rather than Heritage That Is Good For You.
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This interesting @BBCRadio4 prgm on #WilkieCollins includes Clues Editorial Bd member @CAPittard on Collins' _The Moonstone_.
Thinking of reading some Wilkie Collins this autumn? Here I am talking to Matthew Sweet on @BBCRadio4 about some places to start. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001tr6…
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This is APPALLING. Deciding that English Lit degrees are “no longer viable in the current climate” is a disgrace - English Lit teaches empathy, communication & coherence of argument: what will you take from students by denying the opportunity to study it?
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The Muppet CC is also the only adaptation to fully understand the comic absurdity of the "who did NOT die" line.
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Excited to announce our one-day online workshop on Ageing, Progress and Decline in the Victorian period on Fri 6 December. Join for papers on a range of topics by expert speakers - inc. a keynote by @jacob_jewusiak. Register via Eventbrite or email me: eventbrite.co.uk/e/ageing-pr…
Just had a lovely seminar on Dickens' "The Signal-Man" on our UG Gothic module. Topics included the first two pages, 'perspective', does the hyphen in the title matter, and is it, in fact, proto-cybernetic horror? All in all, yet another excuse to post this image.
Robert Jenrick, someone who was banned from driving for going nearly 30mph *over* the speed limit, is the new Shadow Justice secretary? It’s amazing how the Conservatives have learnt absolutely nothing from July.
I see the local Christmas shopping village is opening on 9 November this year. Maybe I'm old fashioned but there should never be a situation where the Remembrance Day silence could potentially be interrupted by Noddy Holder.
Thinking of reading some Wilkie Collins this autumn? Here I am talking to Matthew Sweet on @BBCRadio4 about some places to start. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001tr6…
Every year I see claims that in 1992 a lot of people didn’t realise #Ghostwatch was a drama. While that’s probably true of a small proportion of the audience, I think there was something subtly different going on.
The effect is subtly but importantly different; less “argh, this is real!” and more “um, is this real or not? I thought this was meant to be a drama? Maybe it is. Or is it?”