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Dr Gavin Alexander appeared on BBC Radio 4’s The Sonnet and the Sword on Sunday 11th August 2013.
The Sonnet and the Sword looks at Elizabethan courtier poetry, its influence on literature and its context in the wider world.
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Dr Gavin Alexander appeared on BBC Radio 4’s The Sonnet and the Sword on Sunday 11th August 2013.
The Sonnet and the Sword looks at Elizabethan courtier poetry, its influence on literature and its context in the wider world.