by IAN Watt
Professor of English at Stanford University, California, and author of The Rise of the Novel
2: The Georgian Background
In this second of three talks based on his work-in-progress, Professor Watt examines the relationship between Augustan literature and the Georgian society of the eighteenth century, and the continuing influence that both have had upon English life and letters.
Recorded for the BBC in Palo Alto. California
Second broadcast
The Ironic Voice: January 22