Living with the Poets: Life Lessons from the Romantics

Living with the Poets: Life Lessons from the Romantics

'Living with the Poets: Life Lessons from the Romantics' looks at the way in which nineteenth-century poets such as Wordsworth, Keats and Byron can help us live our lives in the twenty-first century. A podcast by Bath Spa University, UK, and Georgetown University, USA. Text by John Strachan and Duncan Wu. Talks read by Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus, John Strachan, and Duncan Wu. Poetry read by John Rowe. Produced by Andrei Branea.

Episodes

December 10, 2018 14 mins
Not all of the (male) Romantic poets were good husbands. Far from it, as we will hear in a future podcast. But uxuriousness was not unknown. ‘How to be a good husband’ looks at the positive side of the story. Text by Duncan Wu; read by Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus. Poetry by William Wordsworth; read by John Strachan. Engineered by Andrei Branea.
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'How to Fail' looks at failure, and how it can help us to succeed. Text read by Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus; poetry read by John Strachan. Text by John Strachan and Duncan Wu.
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August 29, 2018 10 mins
'How to Build your own Jerusalem' looks at William Blake's great poem and its meanings, in its own day and in the modern world. Text by John Strachan and Duncan Wu; read by John Strachan. 'And did those feet in ancient time' ('Jerusalem') by William Blake read by John Rowe.
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August 1, 2018 14 mins
‘How to Diet’ looks at the Romantics’ take on eating, diet and the body. Text by John Strachan and Duncan Wu; read by Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus.
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July 2, 2018 17 mins
'Living with the Poets' offers the first of an occasional series on dating, marriage - and divorce. Text by Duncan Wu and John Strachan. Read by Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus. Poetry read by John Rowe.
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May 5, 2018 11 mins
How and why are the Romantic poets of relevance in the twenty-first century? 'Living with the Romantics' discusses how. Text by John Strachan and Duncan Wu. Read by John Strachan. Poetry read by Kate Rigby.
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April 4, 2018 16 mins
'How to Die' looks at an issue which affects us all. Text by John Strachan and Duncan Wu; read by Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus; John Keats, ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ read by John Rowe.
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March 5, 2018 11 mins
‘How to be alone’ shows us how to make the most of solitude in a noisy modern world. Text by John Strachan and Duncan Wu; read by Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus; ‘Daffodils’ by William Wordsworth read by John Rowe.
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February 6, 2018 21 mins
‘How to be Happy’ looks at happiness and how to achieve it. Text by John Strachan and Duncan Wu; read by John Strachan; William Wordsworth’ ‘Resolution and independence’ read by John Rowe.
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