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Alumni College 2014: Marc Conner's "Charles Dickens and the 19th-century British Novel"
A presentation by W&L Professor Marc Conner. Marc is the Jo M. and James M. Ballangee Professor of English and the Associate Provost at Washington and Lee. He took degrees in English and Philosophy at the University of Washington (Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude), followed by the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in English at Princeton University, and has taught at Princeton and at the University of Notre Dame. His books include The Aesthetics of Toni Morrison: Speaking the Unspeakable (2000), Charles Johnson: The Novelist as Philosopher (2007), both published by the University Press of Mississippi, and The Poetry of James Joyce Reconsidered (2012) from Florida, as well as a 24-lecture course for The Great Courses titled How to Read and Understand Shakespeare (2013). In addition, Marc has published ...
published: 20 Oct 2014
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The Gospel Message at the Heart of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
▶️ Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAjMwxH3dvQ
🔖 Enjoy the full series for free: https://online.hillsdale.edu/landing/christmas-carol
Enter into the mysterious world of Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley, the Ghosts of Christmas, and Tiny Tim in our newest online course, “Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.”
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"He took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when He had taken him in His arms, He said unto them, "Whosoever shall receive one of such children in My name, receiveth Me." - Mark 9:36-37
0:00 The quiet Cratchit house
0:30 Reference to the Gospels
1:09 Scrooge's desire to hear more
2:19 Why are Christ's words about children so important?
3:14 Divine encounter
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"We move to the Cratchit house, and it's quiet, very quiet. The noisy...
published: 19 Dec 2023
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Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" | Official Trailer
Enroll in this free course by clicking here: https://hillsdale.edu/christmascarol, and join us as we enter into the mysterious world of Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley, the Ghosts of Christmas, and Tiny Tim in our newest online course, “Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.”
Support Hillsdale College: https://secured.hillsdale.edu/hillsdale/support-hillsdale-college
Visit our website: http://hillsdale.edu
Learn from our online courses: http://online.hillsdale.edu
Read Imprimis: https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/
Undergraduate programs: https://www.hillsdale.edu/information-for/undergraduate-admissions/
Graduate School of Statesmanship: https://www.hillsdale.edu/academics/graduate-school/
Graduate School of Government: https://dc.hillsdale.edu/School-of-Government/Program-Overview...
published: 14 Nov 2023
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Dickens: The Last Decade
In the last ten years of his life Charles Dickens related to his adoring public in a number of different ways; as novelist, as journalist, as public speaker, and in public readings of his own work.
This lecture explores the contrast between the public image and the private life, considering what his writings reveal to us about his deepest preoccupations, both as man and as artist, during this period.
A lecture by Michael Slater
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/dickens-last-decade
Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone ...
published: 21 Apr 2021
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Charles Dickens: Hard Times and Hyperbole - Professor Belinda Jack
Dickens' use of exaggeration is key to his style. But its use has myriad effects from making a character's disposition unmissable, to adding whimsy and humour. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/charles-dickens-hard-times-and-hyperbole
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/charles-dickens-hard-times-and-hyperbole
Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: https://gresham.ac.uk/support/
published: 20 Dec 2016
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Dickens's Public Readings: A Tale of Two Desks
This illustrated lecture marks 150 years since Dickens’s death by reflecting on the nature of his creative genius and his legacy.
It examines the theatrical performance of Dickens’s public readings in relation to his writing practices, and suggests how this gives us an insight into his creative processes as well as the close relationship he forged with his public – a relationship which, as he said, was ‘personally affectionate and like no other man’s’.
A lecture by Malcolm Andrews
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/dickens-public-readings
Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectur...
published: 29 Apr 2021
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The Founder of the Feast? Dickens and Christmas - Professor Michael Slater MBE
Dickens is often credited with virtually inventing Christmas as we now know it and is in any case strongly identified with this festival. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-founder-of-the-feast-dickens-and-christmas
This is primarily owing to the immense and enduring popularity of his first Christmas Book, A Christmas Carol. In Prose (1843), but his subsequent seasonal offerings during the following quarter-century also contributed to this result. In this lecture I shall be looking at both contemporary and later responses to Dickenss Christmas writings, and considering the extent to which he can be seen as the creator of the modern Christmas.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lec...
published: 26 Dec 2016
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From Mr Pickwick to Tiny Tim - Charles Dickens and Medicine - Dr Nicholas Cambridge
Charles Dickens's expert eye for detail enabled him to describe many medical conditions in his writings. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/from-mr-pickwick-to-tiny-tim-charles-dickens-and-medicine
He supported hospitals, children's welfare, public health and the rehabilitation of prostitutes. Through his Journals and lectures he was able to reach out to the population at large and campaign on all of these issues. Dickens also suffered with a number of medical conditions which will be discussed in detail during the lecture.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/from-mr-pickwick-to-tiny-tim-charles-dickens-and-medicine
Gresham College has been giving free public lect...
published: 08 Jun 2017
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Charles Dickens First Editions in Wadham College Library (Part 1)
00:00 Introduction
02:45 Dickens is everywhere
04:43 Sketches by Boz
07:50 The Pickwick Papers
12:23 Nicholas Nickleby
15:39 Martin Chuzzlewit
published: 28 Nov 2023
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Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol In Context
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Victorian England was heavily shaped by the Industrial Revolution. While some prospered in this society, many others lived gruelling industrial lives from which Christmas offered only a brief reprieve. This video explores the influences on and Gothic elements of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’. It provides a valuable accompaniment to senior English students studying this text.
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published: 12 Nov 2020
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Alumni College 2014: Marc Conner's "Charles Dickens and the 19th-century British Novel"
A presentation by W&L Professor Marc Conner. Marc is the Jo M. and James M. Ballangee Professor of English and the Associate Provost at Washington and Lee. He t...
A presentation by W&L Professor Marc Conner. Marc is the Jo M. and James M. Ballangee Professor of English and the Associate Provost at Washington and Lee. He took degrees in English and Philosophy at the University of Washington (Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude), followed by the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in English at Princeton University, and has taught at Princeton and at the University of Notre Dame. His books include The Aesthetics of Toni Morrison: Speaking the Unspeakable (2000), Charles Johnson: The Novelist as Philosopher (2007), both published by the University Press of Mississippi, and The Poetry of James Joyce Reconsidered (2012) from Florida, as well as a 24-lecture course for The Great Courses titled How to Read and Understand Shakespeare (2013). In addition, Marc has published dozens of essays and book reviews on American and Irish Modernism. Marc directs a spring term study abroad program to Ireland, which he has run six times since 2000. He is the co-founder of the Program in African-American Studies, and in 2009 received the Anece McCloud Excellence in Diversity Award. His teaching interests include American, African-American, and Irish literature, Shakespeare, literature and philosophy, and the Bible as English literature, and his scholarly interests deal with the intersections of literature, philosophy, and religion. In 2004 Marc received the Ring-Tum Phi Award for teaching excellence at Washington and Lee.
https://wn.com/Alumni_College_2014_Marc_Conner's_Charles_Dickens_And_The_19Th_Century_British_Novel
A presentation by W&L Professor Marc Conner. Marc is the Jo M. and James M. Ballangee Professor of English and the Associate Provost at Washington and Lee. He took degrees in English and Philosophy at the University of Washington (Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude), followed by the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in English at Princeton University, and has taught at Princeton and at the University of Notre Dame. His books include The Aesthetics of Toni Morrison: Speaking the Unspeakable (2000), Charles Johnson: The Novelist as Philosopher (2007), both published by the University Press of Mississippi, and The Poetry of James Joyce Reconsidered (2012) from Florida, as well as a 24-lecture course for The Great Courses titled How to Read and Understand Shakespeare (2013). In addition, Marc has published dozens of essays and book reviews on American and Irish Modernism. Marc directs a spring term study abroad program to Ireland, which he has run six times since 2000. He is the co-founder of the Program in African-American Studies, and in 2009 received the Anece McCloud Excellence in Diversity Award. His teaching interests include American, African-American, and Irish literature, Shakespeare, literature and philosophy, and the Bible as English literature, and his scholarly interests deal with the intersections of literature, philosophy, and religion. In 2004 Marc received the Ring-Tum Phi Award for teaching excellence at Washington and Lee.
- published: 20 Oct 2014
- views: 40513
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The Gospel Message at the Heart of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
▶️ Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAjMwxH3dvQ
🔖 Enjoy the full series for free: https://online.hillsdale.edu/landing/christmas-carol
Enter ...
▶️ Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAjMwxH3dvQ
🔖 Enjoy the full series for free: https://online.hillsdale.edu/landing/christmas-carol
Enter into the mysterious world of Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley, the Ghosts of Christmas, and Tiny Tim in our newest online course, “Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.”
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"He took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when He had taken him in His arms, He said unto them, "Whosoever shall receive one of such children in My name, receiveth Me." - Mark 9:36-37
0:00 The quiet Cratchit house
0:30 Reference to the Gospels
1:09 Scrooge's desire to hear more
2:19 Why are Christ's words about children so important?
3:14 Divine encounter
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"We move to the Cratchit house, and it's quiet, very quiet. The noisy little Cratchits were as still as statues in one corner and sat looking up at Peter. This is the brother, the older brother who had a book before him. The mother and her daughters were engaged in sowing, but surely they were very quiet and he took a child and set him in the midst of them. That's all we get. It's one line from, well, it could be actually any of the synoptic gospels, for example. It could be Mark 9:36, A little fragment of a biblical verse where it's Christ who takes a child and puts him in the middle of them, of his apostles. Well, on the one hand that makes an intuitive sense in this novel, this is the house where tiny Tim lived, and he, as we will shortly find, is dead.
There's something, there's a kind of melodramatic pathos about referencing Christ, putting him there amidst them. That all makes sense. But listen to the way that it continues. Where had Scrooge heard those words we're hearing his very thoughts. All of a sudden he had not dreamed them. The boy must to have read them out as he and the spirit crossed the threshold. Why did he not go on? So Scrooge actually has this desire to hear the rest of the passage, and that cues us readers also to think about the rest of the passage. Now, it may be that you hear this and don't actually know what the rest of the passage is, but in the Victorian period, there's a lot greater biblical literacy than what we have today. Most of them, I would guess, would be able to fill in something for the next part of this verse.
I'll do that for you in case you can't. So the line that Peter read was he took a child and set him in the midst of them. Stop Scrooge wondering what is the next thing? The next thing is this, whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me. That's the next thing that Christ says. And why is that important? I would suggest, first, we are meant to supply this ourselves just as I just did in the silence of our own hearts or minds, and with it to see that when a child is placed into the midst, it's actually God himself coming in amongst you. In the middle of this book, this verse means so much because this whole novel has been a succession of children, of poor ones, of little ones, of little things even that are smaller than people like calves or dead bodies. It's apples and onions and all these things, but it's a succession of little ones coming to Scrooge, also coming to us, by the way. And each of those, as we see in this pivotal moment, is actually a sight of divine encounter. That's the secret and the secret energy, the secret, mysterious power and presence at the heart of this whole little novella, the divine entering time. This is after all the mystery of Christmas. This is what the incarnation is."
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Help spread the joys of Christmas through “Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.” https://secured.hillsdale.edu/hillsdale/christmas-carol-course?sc=01093D00F8LBPDODNES
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Support Hillsdale College: https://secured.hillsdale.edu/hillsdale/support-hillsdale-college
Visit our website: http://hillsdale.edu
Learn from our online courses: http://online.hillsdale.edu
https://wn.com/The_Gospel_Message_At_The_Heart_Of_Charles_Dickens’_A_Christmas_Carol
▶️ Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAjMwxH3dvQ
🔖 Enjoy the full series for free: https://online.hillsdale.edu/landing/christmas-carol
Enter into the mysterious world of Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley, the Ghosts of Christmas, and Tiny Tim in our newest online course, “Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.”
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"He took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when He had taken him in His arms, He said unto them, "Whosoever shall receive one of such children in My name, receiveth Me." - Mark 9:36-37
0:00 The quiet Cratchit house
0:30 Reference to the Gospels
1:09 Scrooge's desire to hear more
2:19 Why are Christ's words about children so important?
3:14 Divine encounter
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"We move to the Cratchit house, and it's quiet, very quiet. The noisy little Cratchits were as still as statues in one corner and sat looking up at Peter. This is the brother, the older brother who had a book before him. The mother and her daughters were engaged in sowing, but surely they were very quiet and he took a child and set him in the midst of them. That's all we get. It's one line from, well, it could be actually any of the synoptic gospels, for example. It could be Mark 9:36, A little fragment of a biblical verse where it's Christ who takes a child and puts him in the middle of them, of his apostles. Well, on the one hand that makes an intuitive sense in this novel, this is the house where tiny Tim lived, and he, as we will shortly find, is dead.
There's something, there's a kind of melodramatic pathos about referencing Christ, putting him there amidst them. That all makes sense. But listen to the way that it continues. Where had Scrooge heard those words we're hearing his very thoughts. All of a sudden he had not dreamed them. The boy must to have read them out as he and the spirit crossed the threshold. Why did he not go on? So Scrooge actually has this desire to hear the rest of the passage, and that cues us readers also to think about the rest of the passage. Now, it may be that you hear this and don't actually know what the rest of the passage is, but in the Victorian period, there's a lot greater biblical literacy than what we have today. Most of them, I would guess, would be able to fill in something for the next part of this verse.
I'll do that for you in case you can't. So the line that Peter read was he took a child and set him in the midst of them. Stop Scrooge wondering what is the next thing? The next thing is this, whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me. That's the next thing that Christ says. And why is that important? I would suggest, first, we are meant to supply this ourselves just as I just did in the silence of our own hearts or minds, and with it to see that when a child is placed into the midst, it's actually God himself coming in amongst you. In the middle of this book, this verse means so much because this whole novel has been a succession of children, of poor ones, of little ones, of little things even that are smaller than people like calves or dead bodies. It's apples and onions and all these things, but it's a succession of little ones coming to Scrooge, also coming to us, by the way. And each of those, as we see in this pivotal moment, is actually a sight of divine encounter. That's the secret and the secret energy, the secret, mysterious power and presence at the heart of this whole little novella, the divine entering time. This is after all the mystery of Christmas. This is what the incarnation is."
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Help spread the joys of Christmas through “Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.” https://secured.hillsdale.edu/hillsdale/christmas-carol-course?sc=01093D00F8LBPDODNES
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Support Hillsdale College: https://secured.hillsdale.edu/hillsdale/support-hillsdale-college
Visit our website: http://hillsdale.edu
Learn from our online courses: http://online.hillsdale.edu
- published: 19 Dec 2023
- views: 5032
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Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" | Official Trailer
Enroll in this free course by clicking here: https://hillsdale.edu/christmascarol, and join us as we enter into the mysterious world of Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cr...
Enroll in this free course by clicking here: https://hillsdale.edu/christmascarol, and join us as we enter into the mysterious world of Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley, the Ghosts of Christmas, and Tiny Tim in our newest online course, “Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.”
Support Hillsdale College: https://secured.hillsdale.edu/hillsdale/support-hillsdale-college
Visit our website: http://hillsdale.edu
Learn from our online courses: http://online.hillsdale.edu
Read Imprimis: https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/
Undergraduate programs: https://www.hillsdale.edu/information-for/undergraduate-admissions/
Graduate School of Statesmanship: https://www.hillsdale.edu/academics/graduate-school/
Graduate School of Government: https://dc.hillsdale.edu/School-of-Government/Program-Overview/
Listen to Hillsdale Dialogues Podcast: http://blog.hillsdale.edu/online-courses
Hillsdale College is an independent institution of higher learning founded in 1844 by men and women “grateful to God for the inestimable blessings” resulting from civil and religious liberty and “believing that the diffusion of learning is essential to the perpetuity of these blessings.” It pursues the stated object of the founders: “to furnish all persons who wish, irrespective of nation, color, or sex, a literary, scientific, [and] theological education” outstanding among American colleges “and to combine with this such moral and social instruction as will best develop the minds and improve the hearts of its pupils.” As a nonsectarian Christian institution, Hillsdale College maintains “by precept and example” the immemorial teachings and practices of the Christian faith.
The College also considers itself a trustee of our Western philosophical and theological inheritance tracing to Athens and Jerusalem, a heritage finding its clearest expression in the American experiment of self-government under law.
By training the young in the liberal arts, Hillsdale College prepares students to become leaders worthy of that legacy. By encouraging the scholarship of its faculty, it contributes to the preservation of that legacy for future generations. By publicly defending that legacy, it enlists the aid of other friends of free civilization and thus secures the conditions of its own survival and independence.
https://wn.com/Charles_Dickens'_A_Christmas_Carol_|_Official_Trailer
Enroll in this free course by clicking here: https://hillsdale.edu/christmascarol, and join us as we enter into the mysterious world of Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley, the Ghosts of Christmas, and Tiny Tim in our newest online course, “Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.”
Support Hillsdale College: https://secured.hillsdale.edu/hillsdale/support-hillsdale-college
Visit our website: http://hillsdale.edu
Learn from our online courses: http://online.hillsdale.edu
Read Imprimis: https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/
Undergraduate programs: https://www.hillsdale.edu/information-for/undergraduate-admissions/
Graduate School of Statesmanship: https://www.hillsdale.edu/academics/graduate-school/
Graduate School of Government: https://dc.hillsdale.edu/School-of-Government/Program-Overview/
Listen to Hillsdale Dialogues Podcast: http://blog.hillsdale.edu/online-courses
Hillsdale College is an independent institution of higher learning founded in 1844 by men and women “grateful to God for the inestimable blessings” resulting from civil and religious liberty and “believing that the diffusion of learning is essential to the perpetuity of these blessings.” It pursues the stated object of the founders: “to furnish all persons who wish, irrespective of nation, color, or sex, a literary, scientific, [and] theological education” outstanding among American colleges “and to combine with this such moral and social instruction as will best develop the minds and improve the hearts of its pupils.” As a nonsectarian Christian institution, Hillsdale College maintains “by precept and example” the immemorial teachings and practices of the Christian faith.
The College also considers itself a trustee of our Western philosophical and theological inheritance tracing to Athens and Jerusalem, a heritage finding its clearest expression in the American experiment of self-government under law.
By training the young in the liberal arts, Hillsdale College prepares students to become leaders worthy of that legacy. By encouraging the scholarship of its faculty, it contributes to the preservation of that legacy for future generations. By publicly defending that legacy, it enlists the aid of other friends of free civilization and thus secures the conditions of its own survival and independence.
- published: 14 Nov 2023
- views: 208345
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Dickens: The Last Decade
In the last ten years of his life Charles Dickens related to his adoring public in a number of different ways; as novelist, as journalist, as public speaker, an...
In the last ten years of his life Charles Dickens related to his adoring public in a number of different ways; as novelist, as journalist, as public speaker, and in public readings of his own work.
This lecture explores the contrast between the public image and the private life, considering what his writings reveal to us about his deepest preoccupations, both as man and as artist, during this period.
A lecture by Michael Slater
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/dickens-last-decade
Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: https://gresham.ac.uk/support/
https://wn.com/Dickens_The_Last_Decade
In the last ten years of his life Charles Dickens related to his adoring public in a number of different ways; as novelist, as journalist, as public speaker, and in public readings of his own work.
This lecture explores the contrast between the public image and the private life, considering what his writings reveal to us about his deepest preoccupations, both as man and as artist, during this period.
A lecture by Michael Slater
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/dickens-last-decade
Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: https://gresham.ac.uk/support/
- published: 21 Apr 2021
- views: 16833
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Charles Dickens: Hard Times and Hyperbole - Professor Belinda Jack
Dickens' use of exaggeration is key to his style. But its use has myriad effects from making a character's disposition unmissable, to adding whimsy and humour. ...
Dickens' use of exaggeration is key to his style. But its use has myriad effects from making a character's disposition unmissable, to adding whimsy and humour. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/charles-dickens-hard-times-and-hyperbole
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/charles-dickens-hard-times-and-hyperbole
Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: https://gresham.ac.uk/support/
https://wn.com/Charles_Dickens_Hard_Times_And_Hyperbole_Professor_Belinda_Jack
Dickens' use of exaggeration is key to his style. But its use has myriad effects from making a character's disposition unmissable, to adding whimsy and humour. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/charles-dickens-hard-times-and-hyperbole
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/charles-dickens-hard-times-and-hyperbole
Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: https://gresham.ac.uk/support/
- published: 20 Dec 2016
- views: 20357
59:38
Dickens's Public Readings: A Tale of Two Desks
This illustrated lecture marks 150 years since Dickens’s death by reflecting on the nature of his creative genius and his legacy.
It examines the theatrical p...
This illustrated lecture marks 150 years since Dickens’s death by reflecting on the nature of his creative genius and his legacy.
It examines the theatrical performance of Dickens’s public readings in relation to his writing practices, and suggests how this gives us an insight into his creative processes as well as the close relationship he forged with his public – a relationship which, as he said, was ‘personally affectionate and like no other man’s’.
A lecture by Malcolm Andrews
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/dickens-public-readings
Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 2,000 lectures free to access or download from the website.
Website: https://gresham.ac.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/greshamcollege
Facebook: https://facebook.com/greshamcollege
Instagram: https://instagram.com/greshamcollege
https://wn.com/Dickens's_Public_Readings_A_Tale_Of_Two_Desks
This illustrated lecture marks 150 years since Dickens’s death by reflecting on the nature of his creative genius and his legacy.
It examines the theatrical performance of Dickens’s public readings in relation to his writing practices, and suggests how this gives us an insight into his creative processes as well as the close relationship he forged with his public – a relationship which, as he said, was ‘personally affectionate and like no other man’s’.
A lecture by Malcolm Andrews
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/dickens-public-readings
Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 2,000 lectures free to access or download from the website.
Website: https://gresham.ac.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/greshamcollege
Facebook: https://facebook.com/greshamcollege
Instagram: https://instagram.com/greshamcollege
- published: 29 Apr 2021
- views: 5400
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The Founder of the Feast? Dickens and Christmas - Professor Michael Slater MBE
Dickens is often credited with virtually inventing Christmas as we now know it and is in any case strongly identified with this festival. http://www.gresham.ac....
Dickens is often credited with virtually inventing Christmas as we now know it and is in any case strongly identified with this festival. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-founder-of-the-feast-dickens-and-christmas
This is primarily owing to the immense and enduring popularity of his first Christmas Book, A Christmas Carol. In Prose (1843), but his subsequent seasonal offerings during the following quarter-century also contributed to this result. In this lecture I shall be looking at both contemporary and later responses to Dickenss Christmas writings, and considering the extent to which he can be seen as the creator of the modern Christmas.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-founder-of-the-feast-dickens-and-christmas
Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 2,000 lectures free to access or download from the website.
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Dickens is often credited with virtually inventing Christmas as we now know it and is in any case strongly identified with this festival. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-founder-of-the-feast-dickens-and-christmas
This is primarily owing to the immense and enduring popularity of his first Christmas Book, A Christmas Carol. In Prose (1843), but his subsequent seasonal offerings during the following quarter-century also contributed to this result. In this lecture I shall be looking at both contemporary and later responses to Dickenss Christmas writings, and considering the extent to which he can be seen as the creator of the modern Christmas.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-founder-of-the-feast-dickens-and-christmas
Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 2,000 lectures free to access or download from the website.
Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk
Twitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollege
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollege
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- published: 26 Dec 2016
- views: 9824
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From Mr Pickwick to Tiny Tim - Charles Dickens and Medicine - Dr Nicholas Cambridge
Charles Dickens's expert eye for detail enabled him to describe many medical conditions in his writings. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/from-mr-p...
Charles Dickens's expert eye for detail enabled him to describe many medical conditions in his writings. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/from-mr-pickwick-to-tiny-tim-charles-dickens-and-medicine
He supported hospitals, children's welfare, public health and the rehabilitation of prostitutes. Through his Journals and lectures he was able to reach out to the population at large and campaign on all of these issues. Dickens also suffered with a number of medical conditions which will be discussed in detail during the lecture.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/from-mr-pickwick-to-tiny-tim-charles-dickens-and-medicine
Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 2,000 lectures free to access or download from the website.
Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk
Twitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollege
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollege
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https://wn.com/From_Mr_Pickwick_To_Tiny_Tim_Charles_Dickens_And_Medicine_Dr_Nicholas_Cambridge
Charles Dickens's expert eye for detail enabled him to describe many medical conditions in his writings. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/from-mr-pickwick-to-tiny-tim-charles-dickens-and-medicine
He supported hospitals, children's welfare, public health and the rehabilitation of prostitutes. Through his Journals and lectures he was able to reach out to the population at large and campaign on all of these issues. Dickens also suffered with a number of medical conditions which will be discussed in detail during the lecture.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/from-mr-pickwick-to-tiny-tim-charles-dickens-and-medicine
Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 2,000 lectures free to access or download from the website.
Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk
Twitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollege
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollege
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/greshamcollege
- published: 08 Jun 2017
- views: 2655
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Charles Dickens First Editions in Wadham College Library (Part 1)
00:00 Introduction
02:45 Dickens is everywhere
04:43 Sketches by Boz
07:50 The Pickwick Papers
12:23 Nicholas Nickleby
15:39 Martin Chuzzlewit
00:00 Introduction
02:45 Dickens is everywhere
04:43 Sketches by Boz
07:50 The Pickwick Papers
12:23 Nicholas Nickleby
15:39 Martin Chuzzlewit
https://wn.com/Charles_Dickens_First_Editions_In_Wadham_College_Library_(Part_1)
00:00 Introduction
02:45 Dickens is everywhere
04:43 Sketches by Boz
07:50 The Pickwick Papers
12:23 Nicholas Nickleby
15:39 Martin Chuzzlewit
- published: 28 Nov 2023
- views: 266
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Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol In Context
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Victorian England was heavily shaped by the Industrial Revolution. While some prospered in this society, many others lived gruelling industrial lives from which Christmas offered only a brief reprieve. This video explores the influences on and Gothic elements of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’. It provides a valuable accompaniment to senior English students studying this text.
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Victorian England was heavily shaped by the Industrial Revolution. While some prospered in this society, many others lived gruelling industrial lives from which Christmas offered only a brief reprieve. This video explores the influences on and Gothic elements of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’. It provides a valuable accompaniment to senior English students studying this text.
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- published: 12 Nov 2020
- views: 120281