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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
http://www.bl.uk/publishing External site opens in new window

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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