Gay dramatists and playwrights, Gay poets
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Auden
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss WH Auden's life and poetry from Europe before WWII, reflecting on his travels to Spain, China and Germany and the rise of totalitarianism.
19 December 2019
Featuring: Mark Ford, Janet Montefiore, Jeremy Noel-Tod
CultureAmerican literary critics, American male dramatists and playwrightsEnglish male dramatists and playwrights20th-century English male writersAmerican male essayists, American male poets20th-century American male writersAmerican male non-fiction writersEnglish LGBTQ poetsGay academics20th-century English poets20th-century English non-fiction writersGay dramatists and playwrights, Gay poetsMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersEnglish emigrants to the United StatesAnglican poetsAmerican lecturersModernist theatre20th-century American essayistsEnglish male poetsAmerican LGBTQ poetsEnglish literary criticsAlumni of Christ Church, OxfordNaturalized citizens of the United StatesEnglish essayistsFormalist poetsLGBTQ AnglicansOxford Professors of PoetryEnglish male non-fiction writersBritish male essayistsLorca
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of Federico Garcia Lorca, author of Blood Wedding, Yerma and The House of Bernarda Alba, executed by Franco's forces, his body unrecovered.
4 July 2019
Featuring: Maria Delgado, Federico Bonaddio, Sarah Wright