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Seamus Perry and Mark Ford continue their series with a look at the life and work of W.B. Yeats, from his early quest for a mythological Irish culture, to his shift towards the Modernist experiment, and preoccupation with the ‘murderousness of the world’.
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Series one of Modern-ish Poets looks at Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Hardy, Stevie Smith, A. E. Housman, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Robert Lowell.
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This episode was first published on the LRB Podcast in December 2021.
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Seamus Perry and Mark Ford continue their series with a look at the life and work of W.B. Yeats, from his early quest for a mythological Irish culture, to his shift towards the Modernist experiment, and preoccupation with the ‘murderousness of the world’.
To listen to series one of Modern-ish Poets and all our other Close Readings series, sign up here:
Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPq
In other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/closereadings
Series one of Modern-ish Poets looks at Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Hardy, Stevie Smith, A. E. Housman, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Robert Lowell.
Read more in the LRB:
Seamus Deane: https://lrb.me/deaneyeatspod
Michael Wood: https://lrb.me/woodyeatspod
Colm Tóibín: https://lrb.me/toibinyeatspod
This episode was first published on the LRB Podcast in December 2021.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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