{"product_id":"book-hvsb","title":"In Our Time: 25 Iconic Poets and Poems in English","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelvyn Bragg and guests analyse 25 key poets and literary works, tracing the evolution of poetry over 550 years\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The best programme coming out of the entire corporation these days'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince its debut in 1998, \u003ci\u003eIn Our Time\u003c\/i\u003e has amassed a dedicated following of more than 2 million listeners. Hosted by Melvyn Bragg, with a panel of guest experts, each show features a plethora of fascinating facts and inspirational discourse on topics ranging from democracy to dark matter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis specially curated collection celebrates the rich diversity of poetry in English, focussing on 25 major works and writers from the mediaeval era to the 20th Century. Opening with a programme on Geoffrey Chaucer, often called the father of English literature, it encompasses some of the greatest poets of all time, including John Donne, Pope, Milton, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, W B Yeats and Wilfred Owen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the influential poems discussed are Shakespeare's sonnets, Blake's \u003ci\u003eSongs of Innocence and of Experience\u003c\/i\u003e, Coleridge's 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', Wordsworth's 'The Prelude' and the epic that made Byron famous, 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage'. Also featured is a bonus episode, 'The Sonnet', exploring the most enduring form in the poet's armoury and how its fourteen lines have exercised poetic minds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePacked with stimulating ideas and spellbinding rhetoric, this absorbing anthology is guaranteed to bring unfettered enjoyment to all lovers of the written word.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProduction credits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresented by Melvyn Bragg\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Simon Tillotson, Thomas Morris and Natalia Fernandez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the following dates:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChaucer \u003c\/i\u003e 9 February 2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePiers Plowman \u003c\/i\u003e 29 October 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight \u003c\/i\u003e13 December 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Sonnets \u003c\/i\u003e 24 June 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Donne \u003c\/i\u003e 12 January 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMilton \u003c\/i\u003e 7 March 2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePope \u003c\/i\u003e 9 November 2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSongs of Innocence and of Experience \u003c\/i\u003e 23 June 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLyrical Ballads \u003c\/i\u003e 8 March 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner \u003c\/i\u003e 4 March 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChilde Harold's Pilgrimage \u003c\/i\u003e 6 January 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Prelude \u003c\/i\u003e 22 November 2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Clare \u003c\/i\u003e 9 February 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmily Dickinson \u003c\/i\u003e 11 May 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristina Rossetti \u003c\/i\u003e 1 December 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Charge of the Light Brigade\u003c\/i\u003e 10 January 2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTennyson's In Memoriam \u003c\/i\u003e 30 June 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAurora Leigh\u003c\/i\u003e 24 March 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Morris \u003c\/i\u003e 5 July 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGerard Manley Hopkins \u003c\/i\u003e 21 March 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalt Whitman\u003c\/i\u003e 27 April 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Hardy's Poetry \u003c\/i\u003e 13 January 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYeats and Mysticism \u003c\/i\u003e 31 January 2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYeats and Irish Politics \u003c\/i\u003e 17 April 2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilfred Owen \u003c\/i\u003e 27 October 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sonnet \u003c\/i\u003e 21 June 2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49352889991472,"sku":"BDhvsb","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/444955-hvsb-Square.jpg?v=1734336267","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-hvsb","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}