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  1. Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Reappraisal

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (Cassette, 55 minutes), £11.00

    Professor Christopher Ricks, who has edited Tennyson’s poetry, and Hallam Tennyson, great-grandson of the poet, attempt a reappraisal of his work in company with the novelist Kingsley Amis and the late...

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  2. Thomas Chatterton: The Myth of the Doomed Poet (2015)

    Subject
    English language and literature

    Poet Michael Symmons Roberts and Queen guitarist Brian May explore 18th-century poet Thomas Chatterton, whose early death epitomises the image of the "tortured genius".

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  3. Faiz: Poet in Troubled Times (1986 Video)

    Director
    Faris Kermani
    Producer
    H O Nazareth
    Subject
    English language and literature; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    Looks at the development of modern politics in Pakistan through the eyes of its premier poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz who died in 1984. The story is told through interviews, poems, songs and cinema clips.

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  4. Jonathan Williams (1979 Video)

    Director
    Martin Tomlinson
    Producer
    Martin Tomlinson
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 45 min.

    American poet Jonathan Williams is interviewed by Tom Pickard, (poet on a one year creative writing scholarship). Williams also reads some of his poems.

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  5. Seamus Heaney: Collected Poems (2009)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 720 minutes), 74.99 Euros

    This fifteen CD box set was released in 2009 to celebrate Seamus Heaney’s 70th birthday and features the poet reading his entire poetic oeuvre. Heaney reads the poems in chronological order, working his...

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  6. Body of a Poet, The: A Tribute to Audre Lorde 1934-1992 (1995 Video)

    Director
    Sonali Fernando
    Subject
    Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 29 min., 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS) (Arts Council)

    An imaginary biography of Audre Lorde - African-American, lesbian, feminist, professor, mother, visionary and ‘warrior poet’ - who died of cancer in 1992. The film meditates on those moments in a life...

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  7. John Clare: A Photographic Journey

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, unknown), £5.00

    The DVD features photographs of Clare countryside by Peter Moyse and includes selected readings of Clare’s poetry and prose. Also included are reflections on Clare’s life by interviews with poet, author...

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  8. Voice of the Poet: W.H. Auden (1999)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 60 minutes), $19.95 (CD)

    A collection of recordings made over many years. The sometimes indistinct words in this rare audio collection are accompanied by text for each of the 23 selections. The booklet also includes a substantial...

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  9. Last Journey of John Keats, The (1995 Video)

    Producer
    James Runcie
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    In 1820 poet John Keats was advised by doctors to travel to Italy for the healthier climate, as he was dying of tuberculosis. Here, Keats’ biographer Andrew Motion retraces the poet’s journey to Naples...

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  10. John Betjeman: Thank God It’s Sunday (2011)

    Subject
    Literature; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £6.99

    Double bill of BBC films featuring narration from the poet John Betjeman. THANK GOD IT’S SUNDAY (1972) takes a look at how Londoners spend their Sundays. SUMMONED BY BELLS (1976), based on Betjeman’s...

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