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Radio 4,16 Oct 2022,28 mins
Xanadu
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As we approach 250 years since the birth of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet and Chair of the Royal Society of Literature Daljit Nagra explores the worlds contained within one of Coleridge's most famous poems, Kubla Khan. It's a poem that allows its readers to travel in their imaginations to a distant, visionary land. Daljit speaks to readers and scholars around the world as he journeys through the celebrated poem, line by line. Presenter: Daljit Nagra Producer: Camellia Sinclair Studio manager: Ilse Lademann
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