Biographicon

By: Dr Declan McCormack
Listen for free

  • Summary

  • "By separating into one biographicon this peculiar class of lives, a philanthropic emulation would be excited, a debt of social gratitude would be discharged, a trophy to patriotism would be erected, and an instructive knowledge of the present state of nations and the gradual concatenation of intercourse would be diffused. Literature should rear altars to the missionaries of human civilization." - [William Taylor of Norwich] The Monthly Review: or Literary Journal, 74 (1814).
    © Flooded Cellar Productions Ltd
    Show More Show Less
Art Entertainment & Performing Arts World
Show More Show Less
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2
Episodes
  • Preach It! Rachel Hammersley on James Murray

    Preach It! Rachel Hammersley on James Murray
    Mar 21 2024
    A major influence on the radical Thomas Spence, James Murray was a preacher who used the pulpit and print to promote new ideas. As well as publishing works on religious subjects, Murray was also a grammarian whose book The Rudiments of the English Tongue was published in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in about 1771. In this episode Rachel Hammersley joins me in Newcastle’s Lit and Phil to discuss Murray’s influence in the region at a critical moment in its political and cultural development. Rachel Hammersley is Professor of Intellectual History at Newcastle University (UK).
    Show More Show Less
    49 mins
  • William Newton and the North’s Rural Renaissance, with Richard Pears

    William Newton and the North’s Rural Renaissance, with Richard Pears
    Feb 12 2024
    Richard Pears and I discuss William Newton, arguably northern England's first home-grown architect who was responsible for Newcastle’s Assembly Rooms and Charlotte Square the town’s first fashionable garden square. Richard’s work examines the emergence of the professional provincial architect and his remarkable local archive work has allowed him to supplant the standard ‘urban renaissance’ understanding of eighteenth-century studies with his own powerful argument for a northern ‘rural renaissance’. Dr Richard Pears is the Faculty Librarian for Arts and Humanities at Durham University.
    Show More Show Less
    41 mins
  • William Shield: no Geordie Dick Whittington, with Amélie Addison

    William Shield: no Geordie Dick Whittington, with Amélie Addison
    Sep 10 2023
    William Shield was born in the village of Swalwell near Gateshead in County Durham. Through the help of his friend, the poet and actor John Cunningham, he became the leader of the Durham Theatre Company band in the 1760s providing him with the opportunity to develop his compositional abilities. After moving to London, he pursued a successful career performing and writing stage works at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden where he earned the respect of Haydn. Shield was made Master of the King’s Musick in 1817. Amélie Addison’s research has uncovered previously unexplored details of William Shield’s social background, his early career in the North, and his compositional influences, offering a new perspective on how these works reflect contemporary perceptions of national identity and culture. Dr Amélie Addison received her PhD from the University of Leeds’ School of Music in 2023.
    Show More Show Less
    45 mins

What listeners say about Biographicon

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.co.uk reviews

Amazon reviews
No Reviews are Available