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BBC Proms: 2008: Proms Literary Festival

BBC Proms: 2008: Proms Literary Festival: Part 4: Proms Literary Festival: AE Housman

Proms Literary Festival

Part 4 Part 4: Proms Literary Festival: AE Housman

2008

Proms Literary Festival: AE Housman

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Ian McMillan and Christopher Ricks discuss the life and poetry of AE Housman.

For the 2008 Proms Literary Festival, Ian McMillan and Christopher Ricks discuss the life and poetry of AE Housman, best known for A Shropshire Lad.

As part of the 2008 Proms Literary Festival, Ian McMillan and Professor Christopher Ricks discuss the life and poetry of AE Housman. Best known now for A Shropshire Lad, Housman was one of the most widely read poets of his time and was praised by TS Eliot for his 'masterful, witty, controversial talent'.

BBC Proms: 2008

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Selected coverage from the classical concerts of the Proms 114th season.

Series on the themes of the 2008 Proms season, and the link between writers and composers

Series exploring themes of the 2008 Proms season, and the relationship between writers and composers

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