W.B. Yeats - BBC Radio Interviews

Synopsis

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 World War 1, the revolutionary poet T.S. Eliot, the nature of Modern poets 5 min 20

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2003

Year of production

1936

Availability

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

Notes

Available free online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/yeatsw1.shtml. Requires Realplayer.

Subjects

Literature

Keywords

poetry; writers - Irish; Yeats, William Butler (1865-1939); radio interviews; literature - Irish

Online availability

URI

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/yeatsw1.shtml

Delivery

Streamed

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributor

Name

BBC Four Audio Interviews

Web

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