Gay poets, Gay dramatists and playwrights
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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
CultureEnglish male poetsEnglish essayistsEnglish male non-fiction writersBritish male essayistsModernist theatreAmerican male non-fiction writersEnglish male dramatists and playwrights20th-century English poetsAnglican poets20th-century English male writersNaturalized citizens of the United StatesMembers of the American Academy of Arts and Letters20th-century American male writersEnglish LGBTQ poetsAlumni of Christ Church, OxfordEnglish emigrants to the United StatesEnglish literary criticsFormalist poetsAmerican lecturersAmerican LGBTQ poetsGay academics20th-century American essayists20th-century English non-fiction writersLGBTQ AnglicansAmerican male essayists, American male poetsAmerican male dramatists and playwrights, American literary criticsGay poets, Gay dramatists and playwrightsLorca
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