- This project is creating a website dedicated to the theme “Great Writers inspire – learning from the past”. On the site you will be able to find freely available content related to individual authors and literary themes. We are using this blog to let you follow the progress of the project and explore the material as it is being made available. Feel free to send us your comments and suggestions! Want to be inspired? Explore the podcasts on the Great Writers Inspire podcast page.
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Copyright
One of the issues we’re having to grapple with in developing the Great Writers Inspire project is the issue of copyright. In Britain, literary (and other) works are in copyright for 70 years from the death of the author, which … Continue reading
Happy ‘Open Education Week’!
As well as providing a discussion forum in the form of this blog, our Great Writers Inspire project ultimately aims to bring together a collection of ‘open educational resources‘, including key lectures from world-class academics, and a thousand downloadable electronic … Continue reading
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Who owns scholarship?
Two interesting articles this week press on the concern of my last post, “Creative Commons”. Part of the aim of our Great Writers Inspire project is to make high-quality, research-inspired material on literary topics freely available on the web. Part of … Continue reading
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Creative Commons
One exciting thing for me about the Great Writers Inspire project is that we release the material – podcasts, essays, interviews, ebooks – under the Creative Commons license, which means it can be reused as widely as possible. As soon … Continue reading
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