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Calvinist and Reformed poets

Calvinism (also called the Reformed tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Calvin and other Reformation-era theologians. It emphasizes the sovereignty of God and the authority of the Bible.

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Emily Dickinson

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Emily Dickinson, the now-celebrated poet of Amherst, who was prolific yet chose to publish few of her poems.

11 May 2017

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Featuring: Fiona Green, Linda Freedman, Paraic Finnerty

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Milton

Melvyn Bragg examines the literary and political career of the 17th century poet John Milton, examining work such as Paradise Lost as well as his role as propagandist during the English Civil War.

7 March 2002

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Featuring: John Carey, Lisa Jardine, Blair Worden

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Critics of the Catholic Church Christian humanists British free speech activists Neoclassical writers Rhetoricians 17th-century writers in Latin 17th-century English writers Mythopoeic writers Rhetoric theorists English Anglican theologians Literacy and society theorists Blind poets English political philosophers English essayists Epic poets 17th-century English poets English male dramatists and playwrights Metaphor theorists Writers about activism and social change Christian poets Sonneteers English male poets Calvinist and Reformed poets Deaths from kidney failure in the United Kingdom Anglican philosophers Anglican poets Blind writers Anti-Catholicism in the United Kingdom Male essayists Writers from London People from the City of London 17th-century English male writers English writers with disabilities English non-fiction writers Literary theorists British philosophers of religion English Dissenters Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge 17th-century English educators Enlightenment philosophers Social philosophers Pamphleteers English educational theorists 17th-century English philosophers 17th-century English dramatists and playwrights English theologians English republicans 17th century Theology
Robert Burns

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ayrshire farmer whose 'Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect' (1786) set him on the way to a worldwide reputation as one of the great poets.

24 October 2019

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Featuring: Robert Crawford, Fiona Stafford, Murray Pittock

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Culture Romantic poets People of the Scottish Enlightenment Calvinist and Reformed poets 18th century Scotland