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Prof. John McRae
Nottingham University
BIOGRAPHY
John McRae is Special Professor of Language in Literature Studies and Teaching Associate in the School of English at Nottingham University, and holds Visiting Professorships in China, Malaysia, Spain and the USA. He is co-author of The Routledge History of Literature in English with Ron Carter, and also wrote The Language of Poetry, Literature with a Small 'l' and the first critical edition of Teleny by Oscar Wilde and others.
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Love Through the Ages
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Course • English Literature • 10 lectures
Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
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Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
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Course • English Literature • 10 lectures
Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men
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Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men
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Course • English Literature • 21 lectures
Shakespeare: Othello
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Shakespeare: Othello
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Course • English Literature • 15 lectures
Pat Barker: Regeneration
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Pat Barker: Regeneration
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Course • English Literature • 15 lectures
Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest
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Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest
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Course • English Literature • 34 lectures
Larkin: The Whitsun Weddings
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Larkin: The Whitsun Weddings
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Course • English Literature • 22 lectures
Bennett: The History Boys
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Bennett: The History Boys
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Course • English Literature • 25 lectures
Shakespeare: King Lear
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Shakespeare: King Lear
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Course • English Literature • 15 lectures
Miller: All My Sons
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Miller: All My Sons
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Course • English Literature • 16 lectures
Worlds and Lives (AQA Poetry Anthology)
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Worlds and Lives (AQA Poetry Anthology)
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Course • English Literature • 19 lectures
Shakespeare: Macbeth
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Shakespeare: Macbeth
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Course • English Literature • 22 lectures
Love Through the Ages
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Love Through the Ages
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Course • English Literature • 19 lectures
Miller: Death of a Salesman
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Miller: Death of a Salesman
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Course • English Literature • 15 lectures
Conflict (Edexcel Poetry Anthology)
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Conflict (Edexcel Poetry Anthology)
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Course • English Literature • 15 lectures
Russell: Blood Brothers
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Russell: Blood Brothers
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Course • English Literature • 15 lectures
Shakespeare: Hamlet
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Shakespeare: Hamlet
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Course • English Literature • 39 lectures
Shakespeare: The Complete Works
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Shakespeare: The Complete Works
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Course • English Literature • 15 lectures
Power and Conflict (AQA Poetry Anthology)
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Power and Conflict (AQA Poetry Anthology)
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Course • English Literature • 15 lectures
Priestley: An Inspector Calls
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Priestley: An Inspector Calls
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Course • English Literature • 30 lectures
Carol Ann Duffy: The World's Wife
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Carol Ann Duffy: The World's Wife
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Course • English Literature • 17 lectures
Unseen Poetry
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Unseen Poetry
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Course • English Literature • 19 lectures
Stevenson: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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Stevenson: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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Course • English Literature • 14 lectures
Gothic Literature
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Gothic Literature
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Course • English Literature • 15 lectures
Love and Relationships (AQA Poetry Anthology)
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Love and Relationships (AQA Poetry Anthology)
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Course • English Literature • 18 lectures
The Poetry of Thomas Hardy
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The Poetry of Thomas Hardy
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Course • English Literature • 15 lectures
Relationships (Edexcel Poetry Anthology)
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Relationships (Edexcel Poetry Anthology)
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Course • English Language • 12 lectures
Unseen Prose
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Unseen Prose
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Course • English Literature • 33 lectures
Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
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Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
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Course • English Literature • 19 lectures
Poems of the Decade (Edexcel)
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Poems of the Decade (Edexcel)
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Course • English Literature • 26 lectures
Hosseini: The Kite Runner
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Hosseini: The Kite Runner
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Course • English Literature • 40 lectures
Carol Ann Duffy: Mean Time
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Carol Ann Duffy: Mean Time
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Course • English Literature • 20 lectures
Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Course • English Literature • 22 lectures
Carol Ann Duffy: Feminine Gospels
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Carol Ann Duffy: Feminine Gospels
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Course • English Literature • 12 lectures
Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire
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Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire
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Course • English Literature • 15 lectures
Dickens: A Christmas Carol
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Dickens: A Christmas Carol
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