British male poets
Edward King (1612 – 10 August 1637) is the subject of John Milton's poem "Lycidas". King was born in Ireland in 1612, the son of Sir John King, a member of a Yorkshire family who had migrated to Ireland, and Catherine Drury (died 1617), daughter of Robert Drury and a grand-niece of Sir William Drury, Lord President of Munster.
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Thomas Hardy's Poetry
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hardy's poems, which he prized far above the novels which made him famous and rich, and his ambition to be ranked alongside Shelley and Byron.
13 January 2022
Featuring: Mark Ford, Jane Thomas, Tim Armstrong
CultureBurials at Westminster AbbeyPantheists19th-century English poetsEnglish male novelistsVictorian novelists19th-century English novelistsEnglish male short story writersVictorian poets20th-century English male writersMembers of the Order of Merit19th-century British short story writersEnglish short story writersFellows of the Royal Society of LiteratureAlumni of King's College LondonBritish male poetsWilliam Morris
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss some of the many aspects of William Morris: his activism, poetry and prose and his ideas on arts, crafts and work in an industrial world.
5 July 2018
Featuring: Ingrid Hanson, Marcus Waithe, Jane Thomas
Culture19th-century English poetsEnglish male novelistsVictorian novelistsEpic poetsEnglish male short story writersVictorian poetsEnglish atheistsEnglish socialists19th-century British short story writersEnglish short story writersEnglish fantasy writersEnglish libertariansLibertarian socialistsArtists' Rifles soldiersBritish socialistsArtist authorsTranslators of HomerMythopoeic writersBritish male poets19th-century English architectsArts and Crafts movement artistsBritish botanical illustratorsPeople educated at Marlborough CollegeSocial Democratic Federation membersEnglish printers, Translators of Virgil