Podcast brings Victorian ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ into 21st century
An innovative new podcast created by second year English Literature students from the University of ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ’s School of Arts, Languages and Cultures transports the culture and economy of Victorian ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ to the airwaves.
Downloadable on Soundcloud, the podcast series includes casts concerning feminism and interviews and is a creative outlet for sharing thoughts and theories on the course module Victorian ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ: Culture and Economy, which explores the way ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ as a city was experiencing the cultural and industrial revolutions of that era.
The podcast is named after the epic poem Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, which reflects a number of social issues affecting women at that time. Browning is one of the best-known Romantic poets of the Victorian era, producing works that focused on the political and social themes, and the male domination of women.