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BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is for all listeners who want to know more about the literature which underpins Western civilisation. ...Each week, in four lively, accessible and highly illustrated nightly programmes, a combination of scholars, writers and passionate classicists of every persuasion, explore various aspects of the author in question. 1) Maria Wyke examines the work of the independent-minded Roman historian Tacitus, focusing on Annals, his most famous surviving work. 2) Classics lecturer Ellen O'Gorman discusses Tacitus's skill at character portrayal. 3) Andy Martin, a writer and French lecturer at Cambridge University assesses Tacitus' influence on writers like Racine and political figures like Napoleon. 4) Rhiannon Ash, Lecturer in Latin and Greek at Oxford University, asks whether Tacitus is still worth reading today.
BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is for all listeners who want to know more about the literature which underpins Western civilisation. ...Each week, in four lively, accessible and highly illustrated nightly programmes, a combination of scholars, writers and passionate classicists of every persuasion, explore various aspects of the author in question. 1) Maria Wyke examines the work of the independent-minded Roman historian Tacitus, focusing on Annals, his most famous surviving work. 2) Classics lecturer Ellen O'Gorman discusses Tacitus's skill at character portrayal. 3) Andy Martin, a writer and French lecturer at Cambridge University assesses Tacitus' influence on writers like Racine and political figures like Napoleon. 4) Rhiannon Ash, Lecturer in Latin and Greek at Oxford University, asks whether Tacitus is still worth reading today.
| Series: | The Essay: Greek and Latin voices | ||||||||||||
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| First transmission date: | 2008-03-13 | ||||||||||||
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC Radio 3 | ||||||||||||
| Published: | 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University | ||||||||||||
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. | ||||||||||||
| Duration: | 00:60:00 | ||||||||||||
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| Producer: | Tim Dee | ||||||||||||
| Presenter: | Maria Wyke | ||||||||||||
| Contributors: | Rhiannon Ash; Andy Martin; Ellen O'Gorman; Maria Wyke | ||||||||||||
| Publisher: | BBC Open University | ||||||||||||
| Subject terms: | Latin texts and commentaries; Tacitus, Cornelius--Criticism and interpretation | ||||||||||||
| Production number: | AUDA346B | ||||||||||||
| Available to public: | no | ||||||||||||
