Simon Armitage

Poetry with Simon Armitage

Poet, playwright and novelist, Simon Armitage was elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford...

Title	Description	People	Date
When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer	Simon Armitage delivers his final lecture as Oxford Professor of Poetry, reflecting on his own influences as a poet.	Simon Armitage	17 May, 2019
'Undisfigured by False or Vicious Ornaments' - Clarity and Obscurity in the Age of Formlessness	The Hilary Term Professor of Poetry lecture, delivered by Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage.	Simon Armitage	28 January, 2019
Damned if he Does and Damned if he Doesn't? Dilemmas and Decisions in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight	Simon Armitage lectures on the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.	Simon Armitage	23 November, 2018
Unseasonal Produce: Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres	Simon Armitage delivers the Trinity 2018 poetry lecture entitled "Unseasonal Produce: Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres".	Simon Armitage	17 May, 2018
Like, Elizabeth Bishop	Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage delivers a lecture on the american writer and poet Elizabeth Bishop.	Simon Armitage	20 March, 2018
The Hawks and the Doves – raptors and rapture in the poetry of Thom Gunn and Ted Hughes.	Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage discusses the poems of Thom Gunn and Ted Hughes.	Simon Armitage	15 November, 2017
95 Theses: On the Principles and Practice of Poetry	Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage gives his sixth public lecture. Held on 16th May 2017.	Simon Armitage	19 May, 2017
We Need To Talk About Robert: Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize for Literature'	Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage gives a lecture about literature, poetry and Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize for Literature. Held on 8th March 2017.	Simon Armitage	14 March, 2017
Access All Areas: Poetry and the Underworld	Simon Armitage's fourth public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford.	Simon Armitage	14 November, 2016
On Lists	Simon Armitage's third public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford.	Simon Armitage	18 May, 2016
Mind the Gap: Omission, Negation and 'a final revelation of horrible Nothingness - '	Simon Armitage's second public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford.	Simon Armitage	8 April, 2016
The Parable of the Solicitor and the Poet	Simon Armitage, professor of poetry, University of Oxford delivers his inaugural lecture.	Simon Armitage	8 April, 2016