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  1. Poetry of Sorley Maclean, The (2009)

    Subject
    Literature

    A short online course on the work of Sorley MacLean (1911-1998), who is now regarded as one of the greatest Scottish poets of the twentieth century. However, until the 1970s, his verse was known by very few...

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  2. Seamus Heaney: A Life in Poetry (2010)

    Subject
    Literature

    Audio recording of an interview with Seamus Heaney at the Royal Society of Literature in London on 22/2/2010. The event was held in collaboration with Poet in the City and recorded by the British Library...

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  3. Reading and Riffing on W.B.yeats (2007)

    Subject
    Literature

    Literary critic Helen Vendler discusses the poetry of W.B.Yeats with Christopher Lydon. Describing him ‘in terms of formal invention, the first modernist’, she gives close readings of ‘An Irish Airman...

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  4. Five Lyrical Poems by Andrew Marvell

    Subject
    English language and literature

    Audio readings of five poems by the metaphysical poet Andrew Marvell. The featured poems are: To His Coy Mistress [2:06]; The Fair Singer [0:59]; The Mower to the Glow-Worms [0:46]; The Coronet [1:24]; On a...

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  5. Poetry: Between the Lines - The Romantics (2015)

    Subject
    English language and literature

    Hip-hop artist Akala explores the language, form and themes of the Romantic era, and explores the effect it has had in shaping our society. Among the poets discussed are Wordsworth, Byron, Blake, Shelley and...

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  6. Harper Audio: John Donne

    Subject
    English language and literature

    A selection of the HarperCollins audio collections can now be heard on the Internet Town Hall. HarperAudio! presents the love poetry of John Donne, read by academy-award winning actor Richard Burton. This...

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  7. W.B. Yeats - BBC Radio Interviews (2003)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/ Online

    Extracts from a National Lecture on Modern Poetry given by Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats, originally broadcast on 11/10/1936, in which he talks about the work of Edith Sitwell, the effect of...

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  8. Paul Laurence Dunbar Collection

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    http://www.plethoreum.org/dunbar/gallery.asp

    Paul Laurence Dunbar was the first African-American to gain national eminence as a poet. Born in 1872 in Dayton, Ohio, he was the son of ex-slaves and classmate to Orville Wright of aviation fame....

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  9. Friedrich Schiller: Poet of the American Revolution (1984)

    Subject
    Drama; German studies
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 1 NTSC), $25.00

    Friedrich Schiller, Germany’s "Poet of Freedom," brought the ideas and the spirit of the American Revolution and the European Renaissance to Germany, inspiring the founding of the modern German...

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  10. Harper Audio: Dylan Thomas

    Subject
    English language and literature

    A selection of the HarperCollins audio collections can now be heard on the Internet Town Hall. This presents the Dylan Thomas reading a selection of his poetry including ‘No Sun Shines’, ‘The Hand...

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