William Wordsworth : poet 1770-1850 /
William Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication "Lyrical Ballads." Together with Coleridge and Southey, Wordsworth is one of the "Lake Poets." Many...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
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[Brora, Scotland] :
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[1995]
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| Series: | Famous authors.
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| Summary: | William Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication "Lyrical Ballads." Together with Coleridge and Southey, Wordsworth is one of the "Lake Poets." Many of his poems revolve around themes of death, endurance, separation, and grief. Wordsworth was England's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850. This film uses contemporary drawings and paintings, portraits, maps, and other archival material to describe the social and historical background of his writing. |
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| Item Description: | Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 30 min.) : sound, color, with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; region 0 (All); NTSC; Dolby Digital 2.0; 4:3 full screen presentation. |
| Production Credits: | Editor, Adrian Pickett ; music played by the Mistry Quartet. |
| ISBN: | 076978531X 9780769785318 |