What Matters in Jane Austen & Charles Dickens? : with John Mullan

About this episode

Dominic and Professor John Mullan discuss the literary techniques of Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.

Dominic is joined by returning guest, the inimitable Professor John Mullan: author of What Matters in Jane Austen? (now released in a 250th Birthday Edition) and The Artful Dickens - both published by Bloomsbury Press In a lively chat, John sheds light on the tricks, devices and styles of these two incredible writers: Jane Austen and Charles Dickens ... And in case you haven’t heard John's previous conversation on Great Expectations we thoroughly recommend you scroll back to Episode 5 of this...

People in this episode

Host: Dominic Gerrard

Guest: John Mullan

Topics covered

• Jane Austen
• Charles Dickens
• literary analysis
• writing styles
• author discussion

Keywords

• Jane Austen
• Charles Dickens
• literary devices
• writing styles
• author interview

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: What Matters in Jane Austen?, The Artful Dickens, Great Expectations

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