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UNITED KINGDOM · 1978

Clouds of Glory

Ken Russell
Romantic poets Literary biography British literature Sibling relationships 19th century poetry
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Synopsis

Clouds of Glory is a 1978 British television series of documentaries directed by Ken Russell. It was co-written by Melvyn Bragg. It was Russell and Bragg's fifth collaboration on a biographical work. Two episodes were produced, William and Dorothy (on William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy) and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (on Samuel Taylor Coleridge). The Los Angeles Times called it "flat o

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