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Filmed at the John T. Brush Stairway, Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Short. Comprised of Shakespeare’s sonnets 60, 64 and 65. A young woman ruminates on the fragility of nature and its impact on her own mortality.
Short. A suicidal poet reads a letter to his deceased lover. Can he come to terms with his own inadequacies and learn to forgive himself?
Documentary examining how the poet’s life shaped his work. Includes an interview with Hughes’ daughter Frieda as well as testimony from friends and family. [89 minutes]
Hip-hop artist Akala explores the language, form and themes of the Romantic era, and explores the effect it has had in shaping our society. Among the poets discussed are Wordsworth, Byron, Blake, Shelley and...
This documentary by Garry Shead is a creative journey in the footsteps of the English novelist and poet, exploring his life and work with expert commentary and rich illustration of archival footages of WWI...
Ted Hughes was one of the major poets of his generation. His older brother Gerald Hughes wrote a memoir of their relationship called ‘Ted and I’. The two brothers were close all their lives. This DVD is...
Poet Michael Symmons Roberts and Queen guitarist Brian May explore 18th-century poet Thomas Chatterton, whose early death epitomises the image of the "tortured genius".
Podcast. Emma Smith discusses Christopher Marlowe’s play ‘The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus’ in the context of Elizabethan religion, the revisions to the play, and whether we...
Book with DVD, comprising a comprehensive reference work for teachers of English as a second or foreign language. Covering theory and practice, this guide examines the most recent ideas in methodology and...
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