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Tower Poetry

Tower Poetry 2014: Annunciation

Winner of the 2014 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition, Dominic Hand, reads his poem entitles 'Annunciation'.
Isaiah Berlin

Anna Akhmatova reading her poems about Isaiah Berlin in Oxford in 1965

This podcast is in Russian. This short recording includes 'Cinque' and other poems inspired by the poet's meetings with Isaiah Berlin.
Writers in Dialogue

Peter D McDonald in conversation with Daljit Nagra

Peter D. McDonald talks to the poet Daljit Nagra about cultural diversity, the contemporary life and history of the English language, the canons of English literature, and translation.
Anthropology

Dorr-e Dari (The Pearl of Dari): An Ethnography of Poetry as a Social Practice among Afghans in Iran (23 May 2013)

This lecture formed part of the 2013 Evans-Pritchard Lecture series held at All Souls College, Oxford, in which Zuzanna Olszewska discussed 'Authentic Voices, Modern Selves: An Ethnography of Afghan Refugee Poetry and Personhood in Iran'.
Challenging the Canon
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Why should we study Old English Literature?

Dr Francis Leneghan of St Cross College, Oxford, discusses his current research around Beowulf and proposes why we should still study Old English Literature.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Speaking stories: the oral roots of poetry

We'll be looking at Beowulf and the epic as a way of passing on experience and history. See your own life as an epic! Where would you start? What would you leave out? Surprise yourself - and us!
History of the Eighteenth Century in Ten Poems

The poetry of war

Explores the aesthetics and impact of war poetry in the early eighteenth century, focussing on Joseph Addison's poem, The Campaign.
History of the Eighteenth Century in Ten Poems

The Ladle: a comic poem

Matthew Prior's The Ladle was one of the most popular poems of the eighteenth century. This podcast explores its appeal.
History of the Eighteenth Century in Ten Poems

Pastoral Poetry

Introduces the poetry of rural life, and its debt to classical sources.
History of the Eighteenth Century in Ten Poems

The life of epigrams

This podcasts introduces the popular eighteenth century epigram.
History of the Eighteenth Century in Ten Poems

Petticoats and fashion

An introduction to the world of fashion and the politics of the petticoat, seen through the poetry of the time.
St John's College

Language and Medieval literature.

The President of St John's College, Professor Margaret Snowling, in conversation with Dr Carolyne Larrington, Supernumerary Fellow in English at St John's. They discuss Carolyne's interest in medieval English literature.
States of fragility (Forced Migration Review 43)

FMR 43 Poetry as women's resistance to the consequences of Bedouin displacement in Jordan

Bedouin women are able to mitigate some of the consequences of that displacement through the opportunities and influence they have gained as Nabati poets.
Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

The Domain of the Poem: Lyric, Sign, Meaning and Rhythm in Contemporary Ars Poetica (4)

Don Paterson, acclaimed poet, gives the fourth and final lecture for Humanitas lecture series on Comparative European Literature.
Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

The Domain of the Poem: Lyric, Sign, Meaning and Rhythm in Contemporary Ars Poetica (3)

Don Paterson, acclaimed poet, gives the third lecture for Humanitas lecture series on Comparative European Literature.
Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

The Domain of the Poem: Lyric, Sign, Meaning and Rhythm in Contemporary Ars Poetica (2)

Don Paterson, acclaimed poet, gives the second lecture for Humanitas lecture series on Comparative European Literature.
Tower Poetry

Tower Poetry 2013: Research

Luke van den Barselaar reads his entry for the 2013 Tower Poetry Competition.
Tower Poetry

Tower Poetry 2013: Swimming in Loch Suili; The Lake of Shadows

Eva Wallace reads her entry for the 2013 Tower Poetry Competition.
Tower Poetry

Tower Poetry 2013: The Devil

Erin Tunney reads her entry to the 2013 Tower Poetry Competition.
Tower Poetry

Tower Poetry 2013: Investigation Details; Echo and Narcissus

Kathryn Cussons reads her entry to the 2013 Tower Poetry competition.

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