from Chaucer to Yeats
An anthology in 26 programmes introduced oy two contemporary poets in mid-career, Anthony Thwalte and Peter Porter
There will be no attempt to make the series academic. authoritative or even comprehensive. The hosts will be enthusiastic and opinionated: some of their personal favourites will get more extensive treatment: some poets they don'much care for will be more summarily dismissed.
At the same time, this series is a serious attempt to give the listener a sense of the range and development of English poetry over 500 years.
1: Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) Introduced by ANTHONY THWAITE Reader GARY WATSON
Producer GEORGE MACBETH