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...writing and reputation are often forged in transition, uncertainty and change. In these 4 films we re-examine the lives, work and influence of: Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys, Katherine Mansfield and Jeanette Winterson. This material forms part of the Open University course A300 20th century literature: texts and debates... Katherine Mansfield Delia da Sousa re-examines the...

...writing in social, historical and literary contexts, providing an insight into an often-misunderstood figure with much to say about the culture that produced him. This material forms part of The Open University course A207 From Enlightenment to Romanticism c.1780-1830... Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade A short introduction to this album. The materialist philosophy De...

...writing as well as the period in history...Historiography and ancient literature: it’s more than words This second introductory article provides some ideas about how to frame your exploration of the writings of Herodotus in the context of other ancient works of literature and history. As you explore the writings of Herodotus in the OpenLearn Collection, think about the...

...writing 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' in a room at the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh. What drives literary tourists to visit the room where she penned the final chapter?...In 2007 a travel journalist, Laura Knight, reviewed the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh for The Times: The windows of room 652 give me a whiff of Hogwarts school for wizards. Two tiny apertures high up...