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Countrystride #35: The children's literature of Lakeland
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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Aug 14, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
...in which we take a nostalgia-laced wander through the children’s literature of Lakeland with University of Cumbria’s Dr Penny Bradshaw. On a balmy Black Crag circular with majestic views of iconic locations in fiction – from Arthur Ransome’s Coniston Water to Marjorie Lloyd’s 'Fell Farm' – we consider the legacy of Wordsworth and his vision of childhood, unnpick the strands that made Beatrix Potter’s work unique, discuss why literature from the county casts such an enduring spell and hear how a wartime evacuation from the Manchester slums lies behind Penny’s own love of the Lakes.
You can follow Penny on Twitter at twitter.com/drpennybradshaw
You can follow Penny on Twitter at twitter.com/drpennybradshaw
Released:
Aug 14, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Countrystride #33: A brief history of Cumbria: …in which we challenge archaeologist Bruce Bennison to compress 7,000 years of Cumbrian history into 45 minutes. Setting out from the little-visited Neolithic gem of Mayburgh Henge, we discover why the joining of the Rivers Eamont and Lowther was so impo... by Countrystride