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THREE ASPECTS OF THE AUGUSTAN TRADITION

on BBC Radio 3

by IAN WATT
Professor of English at Stanford University. California, and author of The Rise of the Novel.
I: The Roman Analogy
In the first of three talks based on his work-in-progress, Professor Watt examines the pervasive force of the cultural Ideal of the Roman Augustans upon English life and literature during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Recorded for the BBC in Palo Alto. California
' Second broadcast
2-The Georgian Background: January 16

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