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MacNiece, Frost, Lear, and Williams

In this program, "Prayer Before Birth" by Louis MacNiece, "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, "How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear" by Edward Lear, and "The Red Wheelbarrow" and "To a Poor Old Woman" by William Carlos Williams are read by a group of contemporary poets. Kate Clanchy, Jamie McKendrick, Tom Paulin, Jean Binta Breeze, Jerome Rothenberg, Sophie Hannah, Matthew Sweeney, and Kenneth Koch offer commentary on the themes and images of the selected poems. (25 minutes)



 
        

Item#: BVL31284
Copyright date: ©2002
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-6910-1



Part of the Series : Arrows of Desire: Poets on Poems
     
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Langston Hughes: His Life and Times
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In this program, Pulitzer Prize-winner Alice Walker and renowned Langston Hughes biographer Arnold Rampersad talk about "The Poet Laureate of Harlem" with award-winning filmmaker Bruce Schwartz. Together they discuss experiences that shaped young Lan...(more details)
 
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Malory's Le Morte Darthur: Anatomy of a Legend
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The richly embroidered story of King Arthur as set down by Sir Thomas Malory during the Middle Ages has unfailingly intrigued generations of readers. P. J. C. Field, one of the world's top authorities on Malory and president of the British branch of ...(more details)
 
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Blake, Carroll, Cummings, and Tennyson

This program explores four classic poems: "The Tyger" by William Blake, "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll, "in Just - /Spring" by E. E. Cummings, and "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Poets Kate Clanchy, Michael Donaghy, Roger ...(more details)
 
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Thomas, Larkin, Auden, and Dickinson

This program combines evocative readings and cinematic interpretations of "Do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas, "At Grass" by Philip Larkin, "Musee des Beaux Arts" by W. H. Auden, and Emily Dickinson's "I heard a fly buzz when I di...(more details)
 
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Causley, Betjeman, Shelley, and Owen

This program provides a detailed analysis of four great English poems: "Eden Rock" by Charles Causley, "In Westminster Abbey" by Sir John Betjeman, "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley, and "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen. Readings, along with...(more details)
 
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