09. The Cumberland Bard, with Sue Allan on Robert Anderson
In this episode independent scholar Dr Sue Allan discusses one of the most significant dialect poets of Georgian Northern England, Robert Anderson.
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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).
With thanks to
Rachel Hammersley
David Stewart
