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Proms Plus Literary - Craig Raine

The poet Craig Raine discusses the ways in which borrowing and reshaping existing phrases is a feature of music and literature and why writers adopt a magpie approach to language.

The poet Craig Raine discusses the ways in which borrowing and reshaping existing phrases is a feature of music and literature and why writers adopt a magpie approach to language.
This programme, presented by Anne McElvoy, was recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms. To find out further information about the events which are free to attended go to bbc.co.uk/proms

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