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Tell Me the Truth About Love
A look at the theme of love in the life of poet W H Auden, including interviews with some of his close friends and how his most important relationships were reflected in his work.
Documentary film looking at the poetry of W H Auden, revealing how it came not just from inspiration but from a rigorous scientific analysis of love itself. When he died in 1973, he left behind some of the greatest love poems of the 20th century. Most of his unpublished material was destroyed, apart from two short journals and a series of jottings, containing diagrams and notes about the nature of love.
Last on
Sun 17 May 2009
23:00
Broadcast
- Sun 17 May 2009 23:00