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Love is Enough – William Morris (Powerful Life Poetry)
Read by James Smillie
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William Morris was a revolutionary artist whose work as a poet, writer, designer, craftsman, and activist dramatically changed the ideologies of Victorian Britain.
#love #poem #wisdom
published: 21 Feb 2021
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Desiderata - A Life Changing Poem for Hard Times
Newest episode to our Powerful Life Poetry series. We hope this finds you well in these troublesome times.
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Read by Shane Morris
Music by Tony Anderson
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Max Ehrmann was an American attorney and poet who often wrote on spiritual themes. During his life, he contributed great thoughts to our literary lexicons, blending the magic of words and wisdom with his worthy observations.
Desiderata, which means “things that are desired,” was written by Max Ehrmann “because it counsels those virtues I felt most in need of.”
Subscribe for more poetry readings: https://bit.ly/3PiZkUq
published: 16 Apr 2020
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Hope is The Thing With Feathers - Emily Dickinson (Powerful Life Poetry)
Read by Gill Mills
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Emily Dickinson is one of the highest regarded poets to ever write. In America, perhaps only Walt Whitman is her equal in legend and in degree of influence.
In one of Dickinson's most beloved poems, 'Hope is the Thing With Feathers', Dickinson portrays hope as a bird that lives within the human soul; this bird sings come rain or shine, gale or storm, good times or bad.
published: 14 Oct 2020
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Sylvia Plath reading her poems 1958
Sylvia Plath, reading her poems in Springfield, MA on April, 18 1958
Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short-story writer. Born in Boston, she studied at Smith College and Newnham College at the University of Cambridge before receiving acclaim as a poet and writer. She married fellow poet Ted Hughes in 1956, and they lived together in the United States and then in England. They had two children, Frieda and Nicholas, before separating in 1962. Plath was clinically depressed for most of her adult life, and was treated multiple times with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). She took her own life in 1963.
Plath is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, The Colossus and...
published: 27 Feb 2018
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Seamus Heaney Reads His Poem, 'Digging'
Irish poet Seamus Heaney, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1995 and one of the 20th century's greatest poets, has died aged 74. Watch a recording of Mr. Heaney giving a reading of his poem, "Digging", at Villanova University in April 2010.
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published: 30 Aug 2013
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Aleister Crowley: The Complete Poetry Recordings Remastered & Transcribed - The Great Beast Speaks
The complete collection of poems taken from alleged wax cylinder recordings from between 1910-1914.
Crowleys voice has been isolated from the background noise of these recordings as much as possible without degrading the audio.
Fully transcribed throughout with the exception of the song "Viva La France", as far as I am aware this is the only remastered audio of The Great Beast Speaks, painstakingly compiled with all transcripts, some of which were quite difficult to find, notably "The Excerpts From The Gnostic Mass" (Liber XV/15) and "One Sovereign for Woman" which was originally published in The Winged Beetle (page 150) under the title of "Song"
Please feel free to Like, Comment and Subscribe with Bell
If you've found any information from this video helpful in any way and would consid...
published: 30 Jan 2021
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Classic Poetry: Leisure by W H Davies (Lark Recordings)
Leisure by W H Davies, read by Bart Wolffe. A classic poem from the Welsh poet reflecting on modern life and nature. Subscribe to Classic Poetry with Lark for more of W H Davies' work.
published: 17 Mar 2014
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Classic Poetry: Clouds by Rupert Brooke (Lark Recordings)
Clouds by Rupert Brooke, read by Bart Wolffe. A man of great physical beauty by reputation, Rupert Brooke was born in Rugby, Warwickshire where he attended the local school. He then gained entry into King's College, Cambridge (1905-11) where he became a Fellow in 1912. He travelled extensively and wrote many travel letters for the 'Westminster Gazette', London (1912-13). At the start of the First World War in 1914, he was assigned to the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He saw action at Antwerp which inspired the writing of five passionately patriotic sonnets, the last of them being The Soldier. He was at the height of his fame when he died during the war aged twenty-seven. He had been on his way to serve in the Dardanelles when he died of blood poisoning at Scyros and was buried there.
(p...
published: 11 Apr 2014
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Sylvia Plath reading 'Lady Lazarus'
I have done it again.
One year in every ten
I manage it —
A sort of walking miracle, my skin
Bright as a Nazi lampshade,
My right foot
A paperweight,
My face a featureless, fine
Jew linen.
Peel off the napkin
O my enemy.
Do I terrify? —
[Yes, yes Herr Professor]
[It is I.]
[Can you deny]
The nose, the eye pits, the full set of teeth?
The sour breath
Will vanish in a day.
Soon, soon the flesh
The grave cave ate will be
At home on me
And I a smiling woman.
I am only thirty.
And like the cat I have nine times to die.
This is Number Three.
What a trash
To annihilate each decade.
What a million filaments.
The peanut-crunching crowd
Shoves in to see
Them unwrap me hand and foot —
The big strip tease.
Gentlemen, ladies
These are my hands
My knees.
I may be skin and bone,...
published: 29 Feb 2016
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REEL TIME: Helen Vendler on the Recordings of Wallace Stevens - Woodberry Poetry Room
In this informal talk and audio presentation, Professor Helen Vendler reflects on what did and did not draw her to Wallace Stevens when she first encountered his work in her twenties. She asks why Stevens, in his seventies, was drawn to a plainness of style not present in his first book, Harmonium (1923). Specific attention is paid to the following poems: "Bantams in Pine Woods," "To the One of Fictive Music," "Final Soliloquy of the Interior Paramour," and "Not Ideas about the Thing but the Thing Itself."
Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at the Edison-Newman Room, Houghton Library, Harvard University.
http://hcl.harvard.edu/poetryroom
published: 20 Mar 2012
1:31
Love is Enough – William Morris (Powerful Life Poetry)
Read by James Smillie
-
William Morris was a revolutionary artist whose work as a poet, writer, designer, craftsman, and activist dramatically changed the ideol...
Read by James Smillie
-
William Morris was a revolutionary artist whose work as a poet, writer, designer, craftsman, and activist dramatically changed the ideologies of Victorian Britain.
#love #poem #wisdom
https://wn.com/Love_Is_Enough_–_William_Morris_(Powerful_Life_Poetry)
Read by James Smillie
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William Morris was a revolutionary artist whose work as a poet, writer, designer, craftsman, and activist dramatically changed the ideologies of Victorian Britain.
#love #poem #wisdom
- published: 21 Feb 2021
- views: 484510
4:47
Desiderata - A Life Changing Poem for Hard Times
Newest episode to our Powerful Life Poetry series. We hope this finds you well in these troublesome times.
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Read by Shane Morris
Music by Tony Anderson
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Max E...
Newest episode to our Powerful Life Poetry series. We hope this finds you well in these troublesome times.
-
Read by Shane Morris
Music by Tony Anderson
-
Max Ehrmann was an American attorney and poet who often wrote on spiritual themes. During his life, he contributed great thoughts to our literary lexicons, blending the magic of words and wisdom with his worthy observations.
Desiderata, which means “things that are desired,” was written by Max Ehrmann “because it counsels those virtues I felt most in need of.”
Subscribe for more poetry readings: https://bit.ly/3PiZkUq
https://wn.com/Desiderata_A_Life_Changing_Poem_For_Hard_Times
Newest episode to our Powerful Life Poetry series. We hope this finds you well in these troublesome times.
-
Read by Shane Morris
Music by Tony Anderson
-
Max Ehrmann was an American attorney and poet who often wrote on spiritual themes. During his life, he contributed great thoughts to our literary lexicons, blending the magic of words and wisdom with his worthy observations.
Desiderata, which means “things that are desired,” was written by Max Ehrmann “because it counsels those virtues I felt most in need of.”
Subscribe for more poetry readings: https://bit.ly/3PiZkUq
- published: 16 Apr 2020
- views: 6617799
1:17
Hope is The Thing With Feathers - Emily Dickinson (Powerful Life Poetry)
Read by Gill Mills
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Emily Dickinson is one of the highest regarded poets to ever write. In America, perhaps only Walt Whitman is her equal in legend and in de...
Read by Gill Mills
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Emily Dickinson is one of the highest regarded poets to ever write. In America, perhaps only Walt Whitman is her equal in legend and in degree of influence.
In one of Dickinson's most beloved poems, 'Hope is the Thing With Feathers', Dickinson portrays hope as a bird that lives within the human soul; this bird sings come rain or shine, gale or storm, good times or bad.
https://wn.com/Hope_Is_The_Thing_With_Feathers_Emily_Dickinson_(Powerful_Life_Poetry)
Read by Gill Mills
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Emily Dickinson is one of the highest regarded poets to ever write. In America, perhaps only Walt Whitman is her equal in legend and in degree of influence.
In one of Dickinson's most beloved poems, 'Hope is the Thing With Feathers', Dickinson portrays hope as a bird that lives within the human soul; this bird sings come rain or shine, gale or storm, good times or bad.
- published: 14 Oct 2020
- views: 361319
1:02:17
Sylvia Plath reading her poems 1958
Sylvia Plath, reading her poems in Springfield, MA on April, 18 1958
Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and sh...
Sylvia Plath, reading her poems in Springfield, MA on April, 18 1958
Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short-story writer. Born in Boston, she studied at Smith College and Newnham College at the University of Cambridge before receiving acclaim as a poet and writer. She married fellow poet Ted Hughes in 1956, and they lived together in the United States and then in England. They had two children, Frieda and Nicholas, before separating in 1962. Plath was clinically depressed for most of her adult life, and was treated multiple times with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). She took her own life in 1963.
Plath is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, The Colossus and Other Poems and Ariel, and The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her death. In 1982, she won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for The Collected Poems.
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
https://wn.com/Sylvia_Plath_Reading_Her_Poems_1958
Sylvia Plath, reading her poems in Springfield, MA on April, 18 1958
Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short-story writer. Born in Boston, she studied at Smith College and Newnham College at the University of Cambridge before receiving acclaim as a poet and writer. She married fellow poet Ted Hughes in 1956, and they lived together in the United States and then in England. They had two children, Frieda and Nicholas, before separating in 1962. Plath was clinically depressed for most of her adult life, and was treated multiple times with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). She took her own life in 1963.
Plath is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, The Colossus and Other Poems and Ariel, and The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her death. In 1982, she won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for The Collected Poems.
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
- published: 27 Feb 2018
- views: 234580
1:55
Seamus Heaney Reads His Poem, 'Digging'
Irish poet Seamus Heaney, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1995 and one of the 20th century's greatest poets, has died aged 74. Watch a recording of ...
Irish poet Seamus Heaney, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1995 and one of the 20th century's greatest poets, has died aged 74. Watch a recording of Mr. Heaney giving a reading of his poem, "Digging", at Villanova University in April 2010.
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Irish poet Seamus Heaney, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1995 and one of the 20th century's greatest poets, has died aged 74. Watch a recording of Mr. Heaney giving a reading of his poem, "Digging", at Villanova University in April 2010.
Don’t miss a WSJ video, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/14Q81Xy
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- published: 30 Aug 2013
- views: 294496
17:08
Aleister Crowley: The Complete Poetry Recordings Remastered & Transcribed - The Great Beast Speaks
The complete collection of poems taken from alleged wax cylinder recordings from between 1910-1914.
Crowleys voice has been isolated from the background noise...
The complete collection of poems taken from alleged wax cylinder recordings from between 1910-1914.
Crowleys voice has been isolated from the background noise of these recordings as much as possible without degrading the audio.
Fully transcribed throughout with the exception of the song "Viva La France", as far as I am aware this is the only remastered audio of The Great Beast Speaks, painstakingly compiled with all transcripts, some of which were quite difficult to find, notably "The Excerpts From The Gnostic Mass" (Liber XV/15) and "One Sovereign for Woman" which was originally published in The Winged Beetle (page 150) under the title of "Song"
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If you've found any information from this video helpful in any way and would consider buying me half a shandy for my time then I have Patreon available here: https://www.patreon.com/Bedfordcottagestudios
Your joint support in this project has been greatly appreciated, Many Thanks.
https://wn.com/Aleister_Crowley_The_Complete_Poetry_Recordings_Remastered_Transcribed_The_Great_Beast_Speaks
The complete collection of poems taken from alleged wax cylinder recordings from between 1910-1914.
Crowleys voice has been isolated from the background noise of these recordings as much as possible without degrading the audio.
Fully transcribed throughout with the exception of the song "Viva La France", as far as I am aware this is the only remastered audio of The Great Beast Speaks, painstakingly compiled with all transcripts, some of which were quite difficult to find, notably "The Excerpts From The Gnostic Mass" (Liber XV/15) and "One Sovereign for Woman" which was originally published in The Winged Beetle (page 150) under the title of "Song"
Please feel free to Like, Comment and Subscribe with Bell
If you've found any information from this video helpful in any way and would consider buying me half a shandy for my time then I have Patreon available here: https://www.patreon.com/Bedfordcottagestudios
Your joint support in this project has been greatly appreciated, Many Thanks.
- published: 30 Jan 2021
- views: 35812
1:10
Classic Poetry: Leisure by W H Davies (Lark Recordings)
Leisure by W H Davies, read by Bart Wolffe. A classic poem from the Welsh poet reflecting on modern life and nature. Subscribe to Classic Poetry with Lark for m...
Leisure by W H Davies, read by Bart Wolffe. A classic poem from the Welsh poet reflecting on modern life and nature. Subscribe to Classic Poetry with Lark for more of W H Davies' work.
https://wn.com/Classic_Poetry_Leisure_By_W_H_Davies_(Lark_Recordings)
Leisure by W H Davies, read by Bart Wolffe. A classic poem from the Welsh poet reflecting on modern life and nature. Subscribe to Classic Poetry with Lark for more of W H Davies' work.
- published: 17 Mar 2014
- views: 58394
1:34
Classic Poetry: Clouds by Rupert Brooke (Lark Recordings)
Clouds by Rupert Brooke, read by Bart Wolffe. A man of great physical beauty by reputation, Rupert Brooke was born in Rugby, Warwickshire where he attended the ...
Clouds by Rupert Brooke, read by Bart Wolffe. A man of great physical beauty by reputation, Rupert Brooke was born in Rugby, Warwickshire where he attended the local school. He then gained entry into King's College, Cambridge (1905-11) where he became a Fellow in 1912. He travelled extensively and wrote many travel letters for the 'Westminster Gazette', London (1912-13). At the start of the First World War in 1914, he was assigned to the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He saw action at Antwerp which inspired the writing of five passionately patriotic sonnets, the last of them being The Soldier. He was at the height of his fame when he died during the war aged twenty-seven. He had been on his way to serve in the Dardanelles when he died of blood poisoning at Scyros and was buried there.
(poem hunter.com, 2014. Rupert Brooke Biography. Available at: http://www.poemhunter.com/rupert-brooke/biography/)
https://wn.com/Classic_Poetry_Clouds_By_Rupert_Brooke_(Lark_Recordings)
Clouds by Rupert Brooke, read by Bart Wolffe. A man of great physical beauty by reputation, Rupert Brooke was born in Rugby, Warwickshire where he attended the local school. He then gained entry into King's College, Cambridge (1905-11) where he became a Fellow in 1912. He travelled extensively and wrote many travel letters for the 'Westminster Gazette', London (1912-13). At the start of the First World War in 1914, he was assigned to the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He saw action at Antwerp which inspired the writing of five passionately patriotic sonnets, the last of them being The Soldier. He was at the height of his fame when he died during the war aged twenty-seven. He had been on his way to serve in the Dardanelles when he died of blood poisoning at Scyros and was buried there.
(poem hunter.com, 2014. Rupert Brooke Biography. Available at: http://www.poemhunter.com/rupert-brooke/biography/)
- published: 11 Apr 2014
- views: 1213
3:08
Sylvia Plath reading 'Lady Lazarus'
I have done it again.
One year in every ten
I manage it —
A sort of walking miracle, my skin
Bright as a Nazi lampshade,
My right foot
A paperweight,
My f...
I have done it again.
One year in every ten
I manage it —
A sort of walking miracle, my skin
Bright as a Nazi lampshade,
My right foot
A paperweight,
My face a featureless, fine
Jew linen.
Peel off the napkin
O my enemy.
Do I terrify? —
[Yes, yes Herr Professor]
[It is I.]
[Can you deny]
The nose, the eye pits, the full set of teeth?
The sour breath
Will vanish in a day.
Soon, soon the flesh
The grave cave ate will be
At home on me
And I a smiling woman.
I am only thirty.
And like the cat I have nine times to die.
This is Number Three.
What a trash
To annihilate each decade.
What a million filaments.
The peanut-crunching crowd
Shoves in to see
Them unwrap me hand and foot —
The big strip tease.
Gentlemen, ladies
These are my hands
My knees.
I may be skin and bone, [I may be Japanese,]
Nevertheless, I am the same, identical woman.
The first time it happened I was ten.
It was an accident.
The second time I meant
To last it out and not come back at all.
I rocked shut
As a seashell.
They had to call and call
And pick the worms off me like sticky pearls.
Dying
Is an art, like everything else.
I do it exceptionally well.
I do it so it feels like hell.
I do it so it feels real.
I guess you could say I’ve a call.
It’s easy enough to do it in a cell.
It’s easy enough to do it and stay put.
It’s the theatrical
Comeback in broad day
To the same place, the same face, the same brute
Amused shout:
‘A miracle!’
That knocks me out.
There is a charge
For the eyeing of my scars, there is a charge
For the hearing of my heart —
It really goes.
And there is a charge, a very large charge
For a word or a touch
Or a bit of blood
Or a piece of my hair or my clothes.
So, so, Herr Doktor.
So, Herr Enemy.
I am your opus,
I am your valuable,
The pure gold baby
That melts to a shriek.
I turn and burn.
Do not think I underestimate your great concern.
Ash, ash —
You poke and stir.
Flesh, bone, there is nothing there —
A cake of soap,
A wedding ring,
A gold filling.
Herr God, Herr Lucifer
Beware
Beware.
Out of the ash
I rise with my red hair
And I eat men like air.
https://wn.com/Sylvia_Plath_Reading_'Lady_Lazarus'
I have done it again.
One year in every ten
I manage it —
A sort of walking miracle, my skin
Bright as a Nazi lampshade,
My right foot
A paperweight,
My face a featureless, fine
Jew linen.
Peel off the napkin
O my enemy.
Do I terrify? —
[Yes, yes Herr Professor]
[It is I.]
[Can you deny]
The nose, the eye pits, the full set of teeth?
The sour breath
Will vanish in a day.
Soon, soon the flesh
The grave cave ate will be
At home on me
And I a smiling woman.
I am only thirty.
And like the cat I have nine times to die.
This is Number Three.
What a trash
To annihilate each decade.
What a million filaments.
The peanut-crunching crowd
Shoves in to see
Them unwrap me hand and foot —
The big strip tease.
Gentlemen, ladies
These are my hands
My knees.
I may be skin and bone, [I may be Japanese,]
Nevertheless, I am the same, identical woman.
The first time it happened I was ten.
It was an accident.
The second time I meant
To last it out and not come back at all.
I rocked shut
As a seashell.
They had to call and call
And pick the worms off me like sticky pearls.
Dying
Is an art, like everything else.
I do it exceptionally well.
I do it so it feels like hell.
I do it so it feels real.
I guess you could say I’ve a call.
It’s easy enough to do it in a cell.
It’s easy enough to do it and stay put.
It’s the theatrical
Comeback in broad day
To the same place, the same face, the same brute
Amused shout:
‘A miracle!’
That knocks me out.
There is a charge
For the eyeing of my scars, there is a charge
For the hearing of my heart —
It really goes.
And there is a charge, a very large charge
For a word or a touch
Or a bit of blood
Or a piece of my hair or my clothes.
So, so, Herr Doktor.
So, Herr Enemy.
I am your opus,
I am your valuable,
The pure gold baby
That melts to a shriek.
I turn and burn.
Do not think I underestimate your great concern.
Ash, ash —
You poke and stir.
Flesh, bone, there is nothing there —
A cake of soap,
A wedding ring,
A gold filling.
Herr God, Herr Lucifer
Beware
Beware.
Out of the ash
I rise with my red hair
And I eat men like air.
- published: 29 Feb 2016
- views: 245930
59:38
REEL TIME: Helen Vendler on the Recordings of Wallace Stevens - Woodberry Poetry Room
In this informal talk and audio presentation, Professor Helen Vendler reflects on what did and did not draw her to Wallace Stevens when she first encountered hi...
In this informal talk and audio presentation, Professor Helen Vendler reflects on what did and did not draw her to Wallace Stevens when she first encountered his work in her twenties. She asks why Stevens, in his seventies, was drawn to a plainness of style not present in his first book, Harmonium (1923). Specific attention is paid to the following poems: "Bantams in Pine Woods," "To the One of Fictive Music," "Final Soliloquy of the Interior Paramour," and "Not Ideas about the Thing but the Thing Itself."
Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at the Edison-Newman Room, Houghton Library, Harvard University.
http://hcl.harvard.edu/poetryroom
https://wn.com/Reel_Time_Helen_Vendler_On_The_Recordings_Of_Wallace_Stevens_Woodberry_Poetry_Room
In this informal talk and audio presentation, Professor Helen Vendler reflects on what did and did not draw her to Wallace Stevens when she first encountered his work in her twenties. She asks why Stevens, in his seventies, was drawn to a plainness of style not present in his first book, Harmonium (1923). Specific attention is paid to the following poems: "Bantams in Pine Woods," "To the One of Fictive Music," "Final Soliloquy of the Interior Paramour," and "Not Ideas about the Thing but the Thing Itself."
Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at the Edison-Newman Room, Houghton Library, Harvard University.
http://hcl.harvard.edu/poetryroom
- published: 20 Mar 2012
- views: 16034