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The Poetry of History - TS Eliot and the Blitz
Daljit Nagra selects The Poetry of History - TS Eliot and the Blitz presented by Jonathan Bate. From April 2006.
Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's poetry archive and selects The Poetry of History - TS Eliot and the Blitz presented by Jonathan Bate.
How does history influence poetry?
Jonathan Bate visits the sleepy village of Shamley Green and the roof of London's St Paul's Cathedral to uncover the links between TS Eliot's Four Quartets and the raging fires of the Blitz.
Archive from TS Eliot reading his own poems.
Producer: Martin Smith
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in April 2006.
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