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From the Lighthouse is a literary podcast published out of the Department of English at Macquarie University. Your hosts Dr Stephanie Russo and Dr Michelle Hamadache love to talk about anything to do with books, from the latest bestsellers and prize-winners, film and television adaptations of books to bookish news. Join us as we chat all things literary. For more information visit the MQ English Department webpage at www.engl.mq.edu.au
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Wednesday May 27, 2020
Classic Teendaptation #3: Clueless ... As if!!!
Wednesday May 27, 2020
Wednesday May 27, 2020
Clueless brings Jane Austen's Emma into the world of a privileged LA teen, and it works perfectly. This week, Stephanie, Kirstin and Jimmy discuss Austen, Heckerling, and routine liposuction.
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
1819: An Extraordinarily Prolific Year for Keats
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
The romantic poet John Keats wrote most of his most famous poetry in the year 1819: 200 years ago this year. This week, Stephanie is joined by Dr Geoffrey Payne for an expansive discussion about Keats's life, death, poetry, and why 1819 was such an extraordinarily prolific year for him.
Wednesday May 22, 2019
Interview with Ellie Crookes on Guinevere and Arthurian Literature
Wednesday May 22, 2019
Wednesday May 22, 2019
Guinevere has always been one of the most popular, and the most contested, characters of the Arthurian legends. This week, Stephanie is joined by Ellie Crookes to talk about the place of Guinevere in Arthurian literature, and why the nineteenth century loved to represent her as a nun.
Wednesday Nov 28, 2018
FrankenReads @ Macquarie Session 3: Frankenstein Goes to the Movies
Wednesday Nov 28, 2018
Wednesday Nov 28, 2018
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein we will be releasing recordings from the FrankenReads event at Macquarie University in September.
This week's recording features the following presentations:
“’Yes Master, No Master’: The Cinematic Development of Igor in the Frankenstein Narrative” by Guy Webster
“Monstrous Scions: Frankenstein and Posthumanist Mythology” by Paul Sheehan
Wednesday Nov 14, 2018
FrankenReads @ Macquarie Session 2: New Perspectives on Frankenstein
Wednesday Nov 14, 2018
Wednesday Nov 14, 2018
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein we will be releasing recordings from the FrankenReads event at Macquarie University in September.
This week's recording features the following presentations:
“The Tangled World of Frankenstein and Conflict of Laws” by Harry Melkonian
“Frankenstein in Hyperspace: The Return of Twenty-first-century Digital Technologies to the Origins of Virtual Space in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” by Kirstin Mills
Wednesday Oct 31, 2018
FrankenReads @ Macquarie Session 1: Revisiting Frankenstein
Wednesday Oct 31, 2018
Wednesday Oct 31, 2018
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein we will be releasing recordings from the FrankenReads event at Macquarie University in September.
This week's recording features the following presentations:
“’My Beloved Sister’: The Other Family in Frankenstein” by Lee O’Brien
'Using “the living animal” to re-animate “lifeless clay”: The role of vivisection in the creation of Frankenstein's monster' by Libby King
“’The reflections of my hours of despondency and solitude’: Narrating Solitude in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein” by Geoffrey Payne
For more info and some bonus materials visit our website at: https://www.fromthelighthouse.org
Wednesday Oct 17, 2018
A Sensational Book: Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Lady Audley's Secret
Wednesday Oct 17, 2018
Wednesday Oct 17, 2018
Sensation! Scandal! Murder! Bigamy! A femme fatale! This book has it all! This week, Stephanie and Lee are reading one of the nineteenth-century's favourite sensation fictions: Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Lady Audley's Secret.
Wednesday Jul 25, 2018
The Myth, the Heights, the Poetry and the Dogs: 200 Years of Emily Bronte
Wednesday Jul 25, 2018
Wednesday Jul 25, 2018
Emily Bronte was born on 30 July 1818: 200 years ago this month. To celebrate her 200th birthday, Stephanie was joined by Dr Lee O'Brien to discuss the Bronte myth, Wuthering Heights, poetry, and dogs.
Wednesday Apr 18, 2018
A WoMAN of no Importance: 125 Years of Comedy, Tragedy and Confusing Aestheticism
Wednesday Apr 18, 2018
Wednesday Apr 18, 2018
Is Oscar Wilde's play about a woman of no importance or a man of no importance? To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the play, Stephanie and Lee discuss comedy, tragedy, and the confusing appeal of aestheticism.
Wednesday Mar 07, 2018
Handsome, Clever, Rich and Bored: The Mixed Blessings of Jane Austen's Emma
Wednesday Mar 07, 2018
Wednesday Mar 07, 2018
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence. Or does she? This week, Stephanie is joined by Dr Lee O'Brien to discuss Mr Knightley, Miss Bates, and why Emma's big problem is that she's just so bored.
For more info visit our website at: https://www.fromthelighthouse.org