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Nicholas Roe

Wardlaw Professor of English Literature at the University of St Andrews

2 episodes

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Culture English male poets Sonneteers 19th-century English poets Epic poets Literary genres Romantic poets Art movements 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis Alumni of King's College London Poets from London 19th-century literature English letter writers 19th-century English male writers 19th century in art, Literary movements 18th century in art, 18th century in the arts Theories of aesthetics

John Keats

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the short, brilliant life of one of the most celebrated Romantic poets and the works of his most intensely creative year from autumn 1818.

19 February 2026

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Also featuring: Fiona Stafford, Meiko O’Halloran

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Culture English letter writers Epic poets Alumni of King's College London 19th-century English poets 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis Poets from London Romantic poets Sonneteers English male poets 19th-century English male writers 19th century 21st century
The Romantics

Melvyn Bragg discusses the ideals and legacy of Romanticism, a literary and artistic movement at the turn of the 19th century which gave rise to the great poetry of Wordsworth, Shelley and Keats.

12 October 2000

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Also featuring: Jonathan Bate, Rosemary Ashton

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Literary genres 19th century in art, Literary movements 18th century in art, 18th century in the arts Theories of aesthetics Art movements 19th-century literature 18th century 19th century