1974 – Dr Rob Spence

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Touring through the eighteenth century

February 12, 2026By Rob Spence • Posted in Academic Life, reading Tags: – 1974, education, Leeds, literature • No Comments

Back in the second year at Leeds, we had some choices about which courses we followed on our scheme. I’m not sure if Special Period was a compulsory or an elective, but it’s one I enjoyed immensely. The course was, I think, the only one we did that was defined not by genre or author… Continue reading Touring through the eighteenth century

Novel Discoveries

July 7, 2025By Rob Spence • Posted in Academic Life, reading Tags: – 1974, books, Leeds, literature • No Comments

Our novel course in 1974-5 took us from the early seventeenth century to the early nineteenth. Six substantial texts were prescribed, and a good many others recommended. Here’s our reading list from that year. I think I read most of the novels listed here. All of the key texts, of course, and quite a few… Continue reading Novel Discoveries