Willian Wordsworth and the Age of English Romanticism (1988) VHS 60fps

In this half-hour program, narrator Richard Kiley leads viewers through a fascinating, concise look at a revolutionary age of literature and art.

The critically acclaimed exhibition "William Wordsworth and the Age of English Romanticism" serves as the basis for this program. Michael Jaye, director of the exhibit and a professor of English at Rutgers University, and Jonathan Wordsworth, chairman of the Wordsworth Trust and the poet's great-great-grandnephew, bring to life the history, philosophy, literature and visual art of the Romantic Movement.

Termed "the kind of program that gives culture a good name" by The Chicago Tribune, the video reveals ideas of the period which, though radical for their time, have formed the underpinnings of much of our modern thought. Works by Wordsworth, Blake, Byron, Coleridge, Keats and Shelley are featured, as are paintings by Turner, Constable and others.