Six Centuries of Verse

S1 E31984

Chaucer 1340-1400

Episode Synopsis

Chaucer was the first great named poet in English. This programme focuses on The Canterbury Tales, with a reading of the introduction by Gary Watson and a detailed exploration of The Pardoner's Tale.

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Six Centuries of Verse

Chaucer 1340-1400

Episode Synopsis

Next Episodes

Chaucer - Ted Hughes

Old English

Chaucer 1340-1400

Medieval - Elizabethan 1400-1600

Shakespeare 1564-1616

Metaphysical and Devotional 1590-1670

Milton 1608-1674

Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745

Romantic Pioneers 1750-1805

Wordsworth 1770-1850

Younger Romantics

Victorians 1837-1901

American Pioneers 1855-1910

Romantics and Realists

Early Twentieth Century 1914-1939

Towards the Present 1934-1984

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