The Wilkie Collins Guide to Modern Life

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Re-examining the work of the exciting, sensational and surprisingly modern figure contemporary critics might have labelled 'Woke Wilkie'.

Period31 Dec 2023

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  • TitleThe Wilkie Collins Guide to Modern Life
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletBBC Radio 4
    Media typeRadio
    Duration/Length/Size30 Minutes
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date31/12/23
    DescriptionMatthew Sweet re-examines the life and work of the exciting, sensational and surprising figure who contemporary critics might have labelled 'Woke Wilkie'. In this his bicentenary year, Matthew will open up the world of Wilkie Collins's fiction - a world that is profoundly strange, but deeply engaged with questions with which we're still grappling today. Whether on restitution, polyamory, disability or gender roles, Collins wasn't just ahead of his own time but in many ways, ahead of ours.
    Producer/AuthorMohini Patel and Matthew Sweet
    URLhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001tr6h
    PersonsChristopher Pittard