Poetry with Simon Armitage
By Oxford University
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Description
Poet, playwright and novelist, Simon Armitage was elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford University in 2015. This series features his public engagements. Series image credit Paul Wolfgang Webster.
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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. | 17 5 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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'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. | 28 1 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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' | 23 11 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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". | 17 5 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Like, Elizabeth Bishop | Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage delivers a lecture on the american writer and poet Elizabeth Bishop. | 20 3 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 15 11 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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95 Theses: On the Principles and Practice of Poetry | Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage gives his sixth public lecture. Held on 16th May 2017. | 19 5 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 14 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Access All Areas: Poetry and the Underworld | Simon Armitage's fourth public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford. | 14 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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On Lists | Simon Armitage's third public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford. | 18 5 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 8 4 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Parable of the Solicitor and the Poet | Simon Armitage, professor of poetry, University of Oxford delivers his inaugural lecture. | 8 4 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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