Simon Schama's John Donne  [videorecording] / 
directed by Clare Bevan ; written and presented by Simon Schama. 
 - [UK] :  BBC, ,  2009. 
 - 1 videodisc (DVD) (60 min.) :  sd., col. ;  12 cm. 
 - BBC's Poetry season / series producer Mary Sackville-West. .
<br/><br/> Recorded off-air from BBC2 on 26th May 2009. 
<br/><br/>Actress Fiona Shaw and academic John Carey join Schama in discussing the poet John Donne. 
<br/><br/> The character of the poet, his life story and the events of his world are related by Schama. Shaw reads excerpts from Donne's poetry and discusses his emotion, and Carey points out that the poetry breaks out of the conventions of the day which favoured Classical allusions and pastoral scenes. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Donne, John, 1572-1631.