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Great Poets of the Romantic Age

by Michael Sheen (Narrated by)
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Overview

The Tyger... I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud... Ode to the West Wind... The Rime of the Ancient Mariner... Ode to a Nightingale... We'll go no more a-roving... The Peasant Poet

'All good poetry' wrote Wordsworth, 'is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings' and this was to be one of the hallmarks of the Romantic Poets. With a dynamic spirit, these great English poets made a conscious return to nostalgia and spiritual depth. Each chose a different path, but they are united in a love of moods, impressions, scenes, stories, sights and sounds. In this collection of more than 40 poems are some of the finest and most memorable works in the English language.

Music: Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann,

The works of these great English poets provide a conscious return to nostalgia and spiritual depth. 2 cassettes.

Synopsis

The Tyger... I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud... Ode to the West Wind... The Rime of the Ancient Mariner... Ode to a Nightingale... We'll go no more a-roving... The Peasant Poet

'All good poetry' wrote Wordsworth, 'is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings' and this was to be one of the hallmarks of the Romantic Poets. With a dynamic spirit, these great English poets made a conscious return to nostalgia and spiritual depth. Each chose a different path, but they are united in a love of moods, impressions, scenes, stories, sights and sounds. In this collection of more than 40 poems are some of the finest and most memorable works in the English language.

Music: Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann,

The works of these great English poets provide a conscious return to nostalgia and spiritual depth. 2 cassettes.

About the Author, Sheen

Michael Sheen trained at RADA. He appeared at Manchester's Royal Exchange in Look Back in Anger and Romeo and Juliet, in Ninagawa's Peer Gynt, the World Premier of Pinter's Moonlight and the Royal National Theatre's Ends of the Earth. He has played Henry V for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and has appeared in the films Mary Reilly, Othello and Wilde.

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Book Details

Published
January 1, 2012
Publisher
Naxos Audiobooks Ltd.
Format
Audiobook
ISBN
9789629546380

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