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  1. Poetry Video, The (1996 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 150 min.

    Over 50 poetry readings by poets and actors. Contemporary poets representing a range of cultures talk about their poetry and perform their own poems, while actors read key 20th century poems. Authors and/or...

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  2. Macdiarmid (1969 Film)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In an interview, Hugh MacDiarmid (Christopher M. Grieve) talks about his life and work to another Scottish poet, George Bruce. Between readings of selected excerpts from his poems MacDiarmid reminisces on...

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  3. W.B. Yeats, Poetry 1919-1939 (1989)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 58 min)

    Yeats lived through one of the most turbulent periods of Irish history, from the downfall of Parnell to the foundation of the Irish nation state. Presents both the historical context and Yeats’ own...

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  4. American Poets: The Spoken Word (2010)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 210 minutes), £20.00

    This three CD set is a companion to the British Poets compilation. Around 30 poets are included, from Gertrude Stein, born in 1874, to Amiri Baraka, born in 1934. The 20th century was a time of enormous...

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  5. Sir John Betjeman Reads a Selection of His Own Poems (1981 Audio)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Audiocassette. 35 min.

    Recorded at the Poetry Society, 1967. Contents: Side 1: ‘Middlesex’, ‘Eunice’, ‘The Irish Unionist’s Farewell to Greta Hellstrom 1922’, ‘Caprice’, from ‘Beside the Seaside’; ‘Business...

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  6. Ted Hughes - Poetry in the Making: The Spoken Word (2008)

    Subject
    Drama; English language and literature; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 139 minutes), £15.50

    This double CD draws on the broadcasts Ted Hughes made for schools, particularly the highly praised LISTENING AND WRITING series, later published as ‘Poetry in the Making’, in which Hughes aimed to...

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  7. Romantic Poets in the Alps, The (1984 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Discusses the visits made to the Alps by Wordsworth in 1790 and by Byron and Shelley in 1816 and their different responses to the grandeur of the scenery. Looks in detail at three works: Book VI of...

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  8. Peake’s Progress (2011)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 147 minutes), £15.00

    A combination of short stories and poetry from ‘Peake’s Progress’, read by Peake’s sons Fabian and Sebastian Peake. The readings include the epic ‘Rhyme of the Flying Bomb’, a selection of...

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  9. Words for Battle (1942 Video)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings
    Producer
    Ian Dalrymple
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Beta SP. b&w. 8 min.

    The idea behind the film was to set great passages of prose and poetry relevant to the great struggle of World War 2 against scenes of Britain. Quotations are derived from Camden’s ‘Britannia’, Milton,...

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  10. Stevie Smith: The Spoken Word (2009)

    Subject
    English language and literature; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 68 minutes), £10.00

    This CD collects 50 poems and songs read by Stevie Smith and recorded for the BBC over the period 1956-1968. It includes many of Smith’s best-known titles, including Not Waving but Drowning, Thoughts about...

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