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A Green and Pleasant Land

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

A series offourprogrammes in which Christopher Nicholson explores the relationship between English landscape and literature from 1700 to the present day.
1: The Landscape GardenersIn the 18th century, gardens were designed to be read like poems, poets sat in damp grottos and meditated on life, and landowners employed peasants to pretend to be early Christian hermits. Producer NICOLA BARRANGER (First broadcast on BBC World Service)

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Christopher Nicholson
Producer:
Nicola Barranger
Source: Radio Times

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