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Modern Poetry (197)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette, 50 minutes), £11.00

One of a series of audiotaped discussions which show literary criticism as a living, evolving interchange. A discussion between T. Walker (poet) and J. Wain of the University of Oxford

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W. H. Auden (1958)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 54 minutes), £95.00

This film consists of two parts. The first shows actors reciting Auden’s poetry; the second sees Auden himself reading from his own work and talking about the aesthetics of his poetry. At the time of...

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Poetry from the BBC Archives (1994)

aka: John Betjeman: Poetry from the BBC Archives

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 120 minutes), £19.98

A compilation of Sir John Betjeman’s poetry chosen from over thirty years of radio and television programmes. Includes the very best of Sir John Betjeman’s performances and is a fitting tribute to the...

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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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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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W.H. Auden Reading His Poetry (1993)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette), £7.99

W.H. Auden reads a personal selection of 18 poems from his work, covering almost two decades. The recording features "In Memory of W.B. Yeats", "In Praise of Limestone", "The Capital", "School Children", "As...

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Four Modern Poets (197)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette, 50 minutes), £11.00

Laurence Lerner of Sussex University talks about the background of four poets and poems - T. S. Eliot "Prelude"; W. H. Auden "The Shield of Achilles"; W. B. Yeats "Lapis Lazuli"; Wallace Stevens "Of Heaven...

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Edith Sitwell: The Spoken Word (2008)

Subject

Drama; English language and literature; Literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 71 minutes), £9.70

Edith Sitwell was the queen of twentieth-century English poetry, majestically attired in performance and distinctly regal in her delivery. Drawing on previously unpublished BBC broadcasts, this CD presents a...

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Ted Hughes Dreamtime (2015)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £9.99

Ted Hughes was one of the major poets of his generation. His older brother Gerald Hughes wrote a memoir of their relationship called ‘Ted and I’. The two brothers were close all their lives. This DVD is...

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Helen Thomas on Edward Thomas (1965)

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Sale, Audio (CD), £8.00

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