Harriet Martineau

Dec 8, 2016 · 51m 9s
Harriet Martineau
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Harriet Martineau who, from a non-conformist background in Norwich, became one of the best known writers in the C19th. She had a wide range of...

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Harriet Martineau who, from a non-conformist background in Norwich, became one of the best known writers in the C19th. She had a wide range of interests and used a new, sociological method to observe the world around her, from religion in Egypt to slavery in America and the rights of women everywhere. She popularised writing about economics for those outside the elite and, for her own popularity, was invited to the coronation of Queen Victoria, one of her readers.

With

Valerie Sanders
Professor of English at the University of Hull

Karen O'Brien
Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford

And

Ella Dzelzainis
Lecturer in 19th Century Literature at Newcastle University


Producer: Simon Tillotson.
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