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Challenging the Canon
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Why should we study Dickens?

Dr Robert Douglas-Fairhurst of Magdalen College, Oxford, discusses his current research and proposes why we should still study Dickens.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Dickens' Railways

Professor Stphen Gill, Lincoln College, gives a talk about the influence the Railways had on Charles Dickens' literature.
St Anne's College

Rich and Poor in Britain in the Age of Dickens and Today

A lecture exploring the differences and similarities between the rich and poor of Dickens' era and that of today. Alison Jackson, Jane Humphries, Helen Small and Paul Donovan bring forward their views in a panel discussion.
Alumni Weekend

Rich and Poor in Britain in the Age of Dickens and Today

A lecture exploring the differences and similarities between the rich and poor of Dickens' era and that of today. Alison Jackson, Jane Humphries, Helen Small and Paul Donovan bring forward their views in a panel discussion.
Great Writers Inspire

Dickens's Points of View

Professor Jon Mee, University of Warwick, discusses how Dickens's fiction can be considered 'cinematic' by drawing attention to the shifting points of view in Oliver Twist, Our Mutual Friend, and other novels.
Literature and Form

Literature and Form 2: Chapters

Dr. Catherine Brown offers a series of talks introducing different writing forms and their use in great novels: In the second lecture, Brown talks about the ways in which writers choose to break up their works into chapters, parts, and volumes.
Great Writers Inspire

Julian Thompson on Wilkie Collins

Dr. Julian Thompson considers how Wilkie Collins's fiction was pioneering across a variety of genres, including detective fiction and gothic thrillers.
Great Writers Inspire

Why Dickens?

Dr Robert Douglas-Fairhurst talks of Dickens' life and influences and why these have made his works so popular.
Christmas Stories from Oxford University

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas carol in prose: being a ghost story of Christmas. By Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

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