Poetry with Simon Armitage

By Oxford University

Poet, playwright and novelist, Simon Armitage was elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford University in 2015. This series features his public engagements.

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The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.

Poetry with Simon Armitage episodes:

May 17, 2019 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.
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1h 7min
January 28, 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.
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1h 7min
November 23, 2018 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. Poet Simon Armitage delivers the Michaelmas Term 2018 lecture entitled 'Damned if he Does and Damned if he Doesn't? Dilemmas and Decisions in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'
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58min
May 17, 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".
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1h 6min
March 20, 2018 Like, Elizabeth Bishop
Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage delivers a lecture on the american writer and poet Elizabeth Bishop.
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1h 5min
November 15, 2017 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.
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1h 2min
May 19, 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.
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1h 4min
March 14, 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.
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1h
November 14, 2016 Access All Areas: Poetry and the Underworld
Simon Armitage's fourth public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford.
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1h 3min
May 18, 2016 On Lists
Simon Armitage's third public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford.
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1h 10min

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