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Born in England – Exploring English Poetry - London
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Born in England – Exploring English Poetry - London

Author:
Elizabeth Siddal , G K Chesterton , Edward Thomas , Charlotte Smith , Algernon Charles Swinburne , Thomas Hood , Dante Gabriel Rossetti , Alexander Pope , Ben Jonson , John Ruskin , Thomas Gray , Christina Rossetti , Charlotte Mew , Lord Byron , Edmund Spenser , William Morris , William Blake , John Donne , John Keats , Robert Browning , Edward Lear , Daniel Defoe , Geoffrey Chaucer , John Milton
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Ghizela Rowe , David Shaw-Parker , Richard Mitchley
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September 9, 2024
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3 hours 7 minutes
Summary
Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to symbolize and to describe everything from everyday life, natural wonders, the human condition and even in its more hubristic moments, the crushing triumph of an enemy.In the volumes of this series, we take a look at poetry through the prism of individual regions of England, or sometimes more quaintly known as ‘Albion’, or ‘Blighty’, through the centuries of its gloried history.England, despite its perception of reserve and under-statement has, in reality, strode the global stage at various time in many things, both good and bad, from Empire to long distance running. Here our focus in on its literature. Famed for its fiction and dramas, it is equally admired for its plethora of gifted poets and the dazzling verse which has added so much to its artistic legacy. These classic poets are wonders of their age and of their art. Genius is written in their names.In this volume the instantly globally recognisable city of London has, for century after century, dominated the country. Its rich history of art, culture and commerce interweave with generation after generation of poets to produce a supremely rich tapestry of undimmed brilliance. Our poets include Alexander Pope, Amy Levy, Edmund Spenser, John Keats, G K Chesterton and a host of others. Genius has many names.
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