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17th Century Poetry and Drama (19 October)
The Authors of King Edward III Sir Brian Vickers, Distinguished Senior Fellow of the School of Advanced Study, University of London, in conversation with Laurie Maguire, Professor of English Literature, Magdalen College, Oxford. Sir Brian Vickers and Laurie Maguire discuss the evidence that authorship of The Reign of King Edward III can now be definitively ascribed to a collaboration between William Shakespeare and Thomas Kyd, with contributions from the audience which included statisticians, computer experts, editors, critics and academics. | Donne, By Hand Lecture by Dr Tom Lockwood, lecturer in English at the University of Birmingham and past British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow. Commentator: Dr Peter Beal, formerly English Manuscript Expert and a Director of Sotheby's and currently Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of English Studies. In this lecture, Dr Tom Lockwood explores why the history of interpretation of Donne and his poetry, in manuscript and in print, and by different audiences, are necessary elements of the poet we read today. The 2009 Chatterton Lecture | ||||
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