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Great Poets of The World - Episode 7: English-language Poets: 1923 - Present
About this title: In the 1930's, the English poets, Auden and Spender explored political and social themes, most noteably in their poetic tributes to those who died in the second World War. In 1950's America, Gwendolyn Brooks saw beauty in the lives...
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Great Poets of The World - Episode 6: English-language Poets: 1895-1922
About this title: This episode focuses on the modern sentiments and intellectual themes of poetry written at the turn of the Twentieth Century. In America, Paul Laurence Dunbar's phrase "I know why the caged bird sings" has echoed throughout contemp...