The Life and Death of Poetry
A distracted walkabout with T.S Eliot and others.
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Explore "ts eliot" with insightful episodes like "The Life and Death of Poetry", "EP09 - At the Violet Hour | Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (Part Two)", "EP08 - Prufrock Among the Women | Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (Part One)", "TS Eliot: beyond commentary? – books podcast" and "TS Eliot: giant of poetry or literary obsessive? – books podcast" from podcasts like ""Professor of Poetry", "Professing Literature", "Professing Literature", "The Digested Read podcast" and "The Digested Read podcast"" and more!
Episodes (5)
EP09 - At the Violet Hour | Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (Part Two)
T. S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (Part Two). The conclusion of our discussion of “Prufrock,” Eliot’s seminal exploration of modern alienation.
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Theme Music: "Nobility" by Wicked Cinema
Opening Passage Music: “A Short Story” by Andrea Colella
EP08 - Prufrock Among the Women | Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (Part One)
T. S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (Part One). This is the first of two episodes devoted to one of the most famous poems of the twentieth century, wherein Eliot’s enigmatic speaker invites us on an evening stroll through his memories, his fears and his inhibitions.
We'd love to hear what you think about this episode or any of the others. Please send questions, comments, or otherwise to ProfessingLiterature@protonmail.com.
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Theme Music: "Nobility" by Wicked Cinema
Opening Passage Music: “If My Companion” by John Dowland, performed by Jon Sayles
TS Eliot: beyond commentary? – books podcast
John Crace puts the annotated editon of the Nobel laureate’s poetical works through the wringer and assesses the stature of the modernist master
TS Eliot: giant of poetry or literary obsessive? – books podcast
John Crace boils down the fourth volume of TS Eliot's Letters into just 600 words, while Nicholas Wroe examines their importance for understanding a great poet