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Adventures In Poetry - The Sunne Rising

Daljit Nagra chooses Adventures in Poetry - The Sunne Rising – John Donne's sexually-charged masterpiece. From 2000.

Daljit Nagra revisits the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's poetry archives and chooses Adventures in Poetry - The Sunne Rising - John Donne's sexually charged masterpiece.

Peggy Reynolds enlists writers, poets, schoolboys, Shakespeare, the Ancient Greeks and the caretaker of a very contemporary garden in an exploration of Donne's classic poem.

Guests include John Carey.

Reader: Douglas Hodge

Producer: Sara Davies

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in November 2000.

30 minutes

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Mon 5 Jun 2023 00:00
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