A Poet’s Guide to Britain | 02: Sylvia Plath

Duration: 29'06''

Synopsis

Owen Sheers explores six works of poetry set in the British landscape. He looks at Sylvia Plath's Wuthering Heights, inspired by her time in the Yorkshire moors.

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