Irish Poets and Writers: The Spoken Word

Synopsis

This 3 CD set features Irish writers and poets reading from and discussing their works. It includes the complete surviving BBC broadcasts of W.B.Yeats, readings by George Bernard Shaw and James Joyce reading from Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. Other writers represented include Frank O’Connor, Brendan Behan, Sean O Faolain and Edna O’Brien.

Series

Spoken Word, The

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Availability

out of distribution

Subjects

Literature

Keywords

poetry; spoken word recordings; literature - Irish

Credits

Contributor

Brendan Behan; Edna O’Brien; Frank O’Connor; George Bernard Shaw; James Joyce; Mary Lavin; Patrick Kavanagh; Sean O Faolain; William Butler Yeats

Distribution Formats

Type

Audio

Format

CD

Price

£20.00

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

216 minutes

Year

2013

Publisher

Name

British Library Publishing

Web

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Distributor

Name

British Library Online Shop

Email

bl-shop@bl.uk

Web

http://shop.bl.uk/mall/departmentpage.cfm/BritishLibrary/87294/1/1 External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7412 7735

Address

96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

Notes

A range of audio publications related to the collections of the British Library’s Sound Archive. Historical topics, wildlife sounds, world music, art and literature are particularly strongly represented. There are also a few DVDs, videos and CD-ROMs based on holdings in the BL. Some of the titles are available for paid audio download.

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