Listen "The Lives of Stonehenge: Wordsworth and Blake"
Episode Synopsis
For the third episode in her short series on Stonehenge, Rosemary Hill is joined by Seamus Perry to experience the stone circle through the mind and eyes of a Romantic, with the likes of Wordsworth, Blake, Turner and Constable. For these poets and artists, Salisbury Plain took on a gloomy and richly psychological presence, lit with intense personal and political drama, and animated with revolutionary thought.
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Buy Rosemary Hill's book Stonehenge from the LRB Bookshop here: lrb.me/stonehengebook
Sign up to the LRB's Close Readings podcast:
Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPq
In other podcast app: lrb.me/closereadings
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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