Introduction to English poetry

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Date
1984
Summary
Shows the sweep, range, and variety of English verse by presenting extracts from Chaucer, Shakespeare, Herbert, Milton, Swift, Blake, Wordsworth, Shelley, Emily Brontë, Emily Dickinson, Hardy, Yeats, and Ted Hughes.
Contributors
Gielgud, John 1904-2000; Thwaite, Anthony; Mervyn, Richard; Ashcroft, Peggy Dame; Cusack, Cyril 1910-1993; Gecks, Nicholas; Glover, Julian; Remick, Lee; Richardson, Ian; Watson, Gary 1943
Publishers
Films for the Humanities (Firm); Thames Television, ltd
Subjects
European Culture; British Culture; English Culture; Literature, Print Culture; Literature, Print Culture; English poetry History and criticism
Locations
North America; United States; New Jersey
Collection
Films@UM
Unit
Distinctive Media Collections
Language
English
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Terms of Use
Access is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
Physical Description
28 minutes; color
Notes
Access
Access condition: campus-only.
Creation/Production Credits
John Gielgud. Performers, Peggy Ashcroft, Cyril Cusack, Nicholas Gecks, Julian Glover, Lee Remick, Ian Richardson, Gary Watson. Series writer, Anthony Thwaite ; series producer, Diana Potter ; photographers, Frank Hodge, George Forgan ; editors, Brian Mongini, Sharon Goodman.
Other Identifiers
Filename: lms-089947; Fedora 2 PID: umd:1351; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/813; OCLC: ocm19643487; Catalog Key: alephsys001709093; Catalog Key: FFH 1293

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