Awe inspiring in its density of allusion and encyclopaedic detail, Moby Dick is one of the greatest literary achievements of the nineteenth century. This course will guide you through the novel’s […]

In this course we explore one of the great elegiac novels of the mid-twentieth century, Brideshead Revisited. Waugh's novel tells the story of Charles Rider, an outsider 'adopted' by the […]

In this course we explore one of the great elegiac novels of the mid-twentieth century. In Brideshead Revisited, an outsider is adopted by a wealthy family and is spellbound by […]

In this course we explore one of the great elegiac novels of the mid-twentieth century. In Brideshead Revisited, an outsider is adopted by a wealthy family and is spellbound by […]

Awe inspiring in its density of allusion and encyclopaedic detail, Moby Dick is one of the greatest literary achievements of the nineteenth century. This course will guide you through the novel’s […]

Awe inspiring in its density of allusion and encyclopaedic detail, Moby Dick is one of the greatest literary achievements of the nineteenth century. This course will guide you through the novel’s […]

From its entrancing first scene to the final fulfilment of the witches’ prophecy, Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s darkest and most powerful tragedies – a compelling story of one man’s […]

In this 2-part course we begin with one of Shakespeare's major tragedies, 'King Lear' (Part 1), and end with one of his last plays, often described as a tragicomedy, 'The […]

From its entrancing first scene to the final fulfilment of the witches’ prophecy, Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s darkest and most powerful tragedies – a compelling story of one man’s […]

In this course we explore one of the great elegiac novels of the mid-twentieth century, The Go-Between. This is the story of thirteen year old, Leo Colston, an outsider 'adopted' […]

In this course we explore one of the great elegiac novels of the mid-twentieth century, The Go-Between. This is the story of thirteen year old, Leo Colston, an outsider 'adopted' […]

In this course we explore one of the great elegiac novels of the mid-twentieth century, The Go-Between. This is the story of thirteen year old, Leo Colston, an outsider 'adopted' […]

In this course we explore one of the great elegiac novels of the mid-twentieth century, The Go-Between. This is the story of thirteen year old, Leo Colston, an outsider 'adopted' […]

A school room in an English country house in the early years of the nineteenth century; the same school room, in the last years of the twentieth century. Tom Stoppard's Arcadia is […]