Faustus Podcast One

This podcast gives you some background to Dr Faustus. Enjoy!

Faustus Podcast Two

This podcast gives some more background on Dr Faustus and morality plays.

Small Island - Chpater 2

Poor old Gilbert! We surely feel some sympathy with this rather useless man in Chapter Two. Also, find out about interogatives, imperatives and declaratives and language gender theory! Is the fact that Hortense asks so many questions important? Is the fact that she wears white gloves important? Of course they are. You're a click away from finding out why.

Small Island - Chapter 1

Poor old Hortense! Find out about chapter one here. What are we supposed to think about her; how is Levy setting up her character?

Small Island - The Prologue

Overlook the prologue at your peril! The prologue of Andrea Levy's book foregrounds all the themes of the novel (that's what it's there for). Look carefully, or step right this way...

Coleridge and Philosophy

Coleridge was influenced greatly by the philosophers of his age, particularly Hume, Kant and Rousseau. His poetry is a reaction against the Utilitarian argument and the Enlightenment project. Find out more here.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - part 3

Part 3: Death and Life in Death play dice in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner's most unusual and gothic section. This is intended as a revision of lesson 3 of our term: simply a rundown of the events in part 3.