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Julian Thompson on Wilkie Collins

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Dr. Julian Thompson considers how Wilkie Collins's fiction was pioneering across a variety of genres, including detective fiction and gothic thrillers.

He also considers Collins's progressive political outlook, picks out his 'great' work, and indicates how Collins may have influenced Charles Dickens.

Date Published: 15 May 2012
Contributors:
Julian Thompson
Keywords:
Wilkie Collins, Fiction, detective fiction, gothic, political, dickens, #greatwriters
Source:
University of Oxford Podcasts
Cite: Julian Thompson on Wilkie Collins by Julian Thompson at http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via http://writersinspire.org/content/julian-thompson-wilkie-collins. Published on 15 May 2012. Accessed on 21 February 2025.

If reusing this resource please attribute as follows: Julian Thompson on Wilkie Collins (http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/) by Julian Thompson, licensed as Creative Commons BY-NC-SA (2.0 UK).

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