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Tintern Abbey and Love

A selection of Wordsworth and Coleridge's 1798 poems that marked the beginning of the English Romantic poetry movement. Recorded on location in the landscapes that inspired them.

In today's episode we hear 'Lines Written A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey', Wordsworth's celebrated exploration of the relationship between the contemplation of Nature and his sense of the divine. And Coleridge's pseudo-medieval ballad, 'Love', in which a minstrel woos his beloved with the dramatic tale of a knight and his lady. Recorded on location in Tintern Abbey and the Wye Valley in Monmouthshire and the Quantock Hills, Somerset

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Julius D'Silva
William Wordsworth - Mark Meadows

Adapted and produced by Emma Harding.

18 minutes

Last on

Sun 10 Jul 2011 00:30

Broadcasts

  • Thu 15 Oct 2009 15:30
  • Sun 10 Jul 2011 00:30