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Jonathan Wordsworth, Robert Woof, and Michael Jaye discuss the exhibition “William Wordsworth and the Age of English Romanticism”

BROADCAST: Apr. 5, 1988 | DURATION: 00:53:54

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Synopsis

Curators Jonathan Wordsworth, Robert Woof, and Michael C. Jaye discuss the exhibition “William Wordsworth and the Age of English Romanticism”, an exhibition of paintings, watercolors, manuscripts, and literature inspired by Wordsworth's Romantic Poetry. Jonathan Wordsworth reads an excerpt of lines from William Wordsworth’s “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”, "To Toussaint L'Ouverture", and "The World Is Too Much With Us." Studs reads "My Heart Leaps Up" - William Wordsworth. Studs plays "Ça Ira" - Edith Piaf (1954) and "A Man's a Man for A'That" - Ewan MacColl (1959).

Details

Broadcast Date
Apr. 5, 1988

Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (ca. 55 min.) : 10 1/2 in.

Duration
53 minutes, 54 seconds

Digital Format
WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Language
English

Topics

Visual Arts Poetry Literature Travel & Culture - United Kingdom

People

Librarians, Curators Academics

Tags

WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850--Exhibitions Wordsworth, Jonathan--Interviews Woof, Robert--Interviews Jaye, Michael C., 1941---Interviews Wordsworth, Jonathan. William Wordsworth and the age of English romanticism. Woof, Robert. Audiotapes. Radio programs. Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803 Keats, John, 1795-1821 French Revolution Romanticism Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851

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