The Lives of Stonehenge: Wordsworth and Blake
<p>For the third episode in her short series on Stonehenge, Rosemary Hill is joined by Seamus Perry to experience the stone circle through the mind and eyes of a Romantic, with the likes of Wordsworth, Blake, Turner and Constable. For these poets and artists, Salisbury Plain took on a gloomy and richly psychological presence, lit with intense personal and political drama, and animated with revolutionary thought.</p><p>Buy Rosemary Hill's book <em>Stonehenge</em> from the LRB Bookshop here: <a href="https://lrb.me/stonehengebook" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lrb.me/stonehengebook</a></p><p><strong>Sign up to the <em>LRB</em>'s Close Readings podcast:</strong></p><p>Directly in Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://apple.co/3pJoFPq" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/3pJoFPq</a></p><p>In other podcast app: <a href="https://lrb.me/mbsignuppod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lrb.me/closereadings</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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For the third episode in her short series on Stonehenge, Rosemary Hill is joined by Seamus Perry to experience the stone circle through the mind and eyes of a Romantic, with the likes of Wordsworth, Blake, Turner and Constable. For these poets and artists, Salisbury Plain took on a gloomy and richly psychological presence, lit with intense personal and political drama, and animated with revolutionary thought.
Buy Rosemary Hill's book Stonehenge from the LRB Bookshop here: lrb.me/stonehengebook
Sign up to the LRB's Close Readings podcast:
Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPq
In other podcast app: lrb.me/closereadings
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.