First World War Poetry Digital Archive
By Oxford University
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Description
Podcasts created by the First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project at Oxford University. This project is digitising the manuscripts of the major British poets of WW1 and making them freely available online, along with a set of teaching resources. The project is funded by the UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) - and run by Oxford University's English Faculty and Computing Services (http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit).
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New Perspectives 1: Georgians and Others | Short presentation as part of the Oxford 'British Poetry of the First World War' Spring School Short presentation as part of the Oxford 'British Poetry of the First World War' Spring School by Dr Stuart Lee (Oxford). Covers briefly some of the ore war l | 6 9 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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From Owen's Doomed Youth, to his doomed youth | Lecture at the event 'Wilfred Owen: From Doomed Youth to the Battle of the Sambre'. Imperial War Museum, 10th November 2012. In this talk, Jean Moorcroft Wilson, presents Owen's full flowering as a late one. Fertilized by his meeting with Sassoon at Cra | 27 2 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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From Mametz Wood to The General | Lecture on Siegfried Sassoon given at the Imperial War Museum, London, 12th November 2011. How did Siegfried Sassoon, whose first patriotic outpourings are almost more Brooke-like than those of Rupert Brooke himself, come to write the bitter war-satires | 27 2 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Last Phase | A discussion on the last phase of the First World War. A talk given at 'Wilfred Owen: From Doomed Youth to Battle of the Sambre', Imperial War Museum, 10th November 2012. Max Egremont, writer and lecturer asks: How bad was the Allies' position in the la | 18 2 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Alisa Miller: 'Selling Patriotism: Rupert Brooke in the First World War' | Alisa Miller takes a look at the 'Rupert Brooke cult', examining why this particular poet was so popular during the First World War, both with the general public and the soldier, at home and abroad. This podcast has eminated from Alisa's dissertation at | 26 1 2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Tim Kendall: 'Ivor Gurney: First War Poet' | Professor Tim Kendall considers what composer and poet Ivor Gurney understood by the phrase 'war poet' and how he saw his own work as belonging to (and eminent amidst) a tradition of writing about war. Tim Kendall examines the ways in which Gurney repre | 26 1 2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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An interview with Colin Hughes | Colin Hughes, author of David Jones: the man who was on the field (1979), discusses his friendship with poet and artist David Jones and his research on the Battle of Mametz Wood. | 26 1 2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Kate Lindsay Interview | In a podcast recorded earlier this year, Kate Lindsay, Project Manager for the First World War Poetry Digital Archive discusses the exciting development of the First World War Poetry Digital Archive and The Great War Archive. In a podcast recorded earli | 29 7 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Poetry Tour - London (2) | A second enhanced podcast tour of some of the exhibits in the Imperial War Museum. The tour takes you through the Trench Experience and the end of the war, linking to some of the poets and poetry of the period. This podcast is designed to be used at the | 29 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Teaching WW1 Literature: Andrea Peterson | Andrea Peterson 'Children's Literature'. Andrea Peterson 'Children's Literature' part of the Teaching World War One literature conference, Oxford University, 12/11/07. | 6 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Teaching WW1 Literature: Vivien Noakes | Vivien Noakes 'Blasting the Canon'. Vivien Noakes 'Blasting the Canon' part of the Teaching World War One Literature conference, Oxford University, 12/11/07. | 6 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Teaching WW1 Literature: Meg Crane | Meg Crane 'WW1 Poetry in Schools'. Meg Crane 'WW1 Poetry in Schools', part of the Teaching World War One Literature conference, Oxford University, 12/11/07. | 6 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Teaching WW1 Literature: Jon Stallworthy | Jon Stallworthy 'War Poetry'. Jon Stallworthy 'War Poetry', part of the Teaching World War One Literature Conference, Oxford University, 12/11/07. | 6 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Richard Holmes interview | In this interview, the well-known military historian Brigadier Richard Holmes discusses his work on WW1, remembrance, his views on WW1 poetry, and how those experiences relate to the British Army currently serving in Iraq. Brigadier Richard Holmes is a | 2 4 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Poetry Tour - London (1) | An enhanced podcast tour of some of the exhibits in the Imperial War Museum. The tour takes you through the displays on the First World War but links them to some of the poets and poetry of the period. This podcast is designed to be used at the museum. | 28 1 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Max Arthur Interview | An interview with Max Arthur, author of 'Forgotten Voices', 'Last Post', and most recently 'Faces of World War One: The Tragedy of the Great War in Words and Pictures'. The interview was conducted by Kate Lindsay on Tuesday 9th October 2007. It covers t | 12 12 2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ian Hislop interview | An interview with Ian Hislop, editor of Private Eye, and TV presenter on WW1 documentaries entitled 'Not Forgotten' (Channel 4, UK). Part of a series of Podcasts from Oxford University's First World War Poetry Digital Project. An interview with Ian Hisl | 25 9 2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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