The Essay

Fruits of the Earth

Monday 24 March 2008 23:00-23:15 (Radio 3)

A series in which four writers contemplate why fertility has been such an important preoccupation in the worlds of art and ideas.

Duration:

15 minutes

Playlist:

1/4. Author AS Byatt examines our changing attitudes to fertility rites and symbols as seen in James George Frazer's The Golden Bough and railway engine design - via Queen Elizabeth I.

Part of Radio 3's Rites of Spring season.

The Essay

Episode and Playlist Information

• 2 April 08 Maths and Music 3/4
• 1 April 08 Maths and Music 2/4
• 31 Mar 08 Maths and Music 1/4
• 27 Mar 08 Fruits of the Earth
• 26 Mar 08 Fruits of the Earth
• 25 Mar 08 Fruits of the Earth
• 24 Mar 08 Fruits of the Earth
• 13 Mar 08 Greek & Latin Voices
• 12 Mar 08 Greek & Latin Voices
• 11 Mar 08 Greek & Latin Voices