201 |
Creative Commons |
Percy Bysshe Shelley - Dedication fair copy of 'With a guitar. To Jane' |
Part of the Shelley's Ghost Exhibition. Shelley presented this light-hearted poem, copied out in his best hand, with the guitar he gave to Jane Williams in 1822. |
Jordan Saxby |
02 Dec 2010 |
202 |
Creative Commons |
Percy Bysshe Shelley - Dedication fair copy of 'With a guitar. To Jane' |
Part of the Shelley's Ghost Exhibition. Shelley presented this light-hearted poem, copied out in his best hand, with the guitar he gave to Jane Williams in 1822. |
Jordan Saxby |
02 Dec 2010 |
203 |
Creative Commons |
Percy Bysshe Shelley - Fair copy of Ode to the West Wind |
Part of the Shelly's Ghost Exhibition. Shelley's best-known poem was written in Florence in late 1819. |
Christopher Adams |
02 Dec 2010 |
204 |
Creative Commons |
Percy Bysshe Shelley - Fair copy of Ode to the West Wind |
Part of the Shelly's Ghost Exhibition. Shelley's best-known poem was written in Florence in late 1819. |
Christopher Adams |
02 Dec 2010 |
205 |
Creative Commons |
Who Translates and for Whom? |
Fourth part of the What is Translation Podcast series. In this part, the question of who is best placed to translate classic texts; academics, poets, dramatists and who is best placed to receive the translation, students, scholars or the general public. |
Oliver Taplin, Lorna Hardwick |
27 Jul 2010 |
206 |
Creative Commons |
Can Poetry be Translated? |
Third part of the What is Translation podcast series. In this part, the question of whether poetry be translated. Is there something within the original that is lost in the translation? |
Oliver Taplin, Lorna Hardwick |
27 Jul 2010 |
207 |
Creative Commons |
Is there ever a Faithful Translation? |
Second part of the What is Translation podcast series. In this part, the question of whether there can be a faithful translation; does the act of translating a text change the meaning of the original is discussed. |
Oliver Taplin, Lorna Hardwick |
27 Jul 2010 |
208 |
|
Tower Poetry 2010 - Introduction |
Kathryn Grant, the Christopher Tower Poetry Administrator, introduces the 2010 Tower Poetry Competition entries. |
Kathryn Grant |
14 Jun 2010 |
209 |
|
Tower Poetry 2010 Love has no Larynx |
Emily Harrison reads her entry for the 2010 Tower Poetry Competition 'Love has No Larynx'. |
Emily Harrison |
14 Jun 2010 |
210 |
|
Tower Poetry 2010 A Portait Painted Scarfless |
Julia Goroszeniuk reads her poem 'A Portrait Painted Scarfless', her entry for the 2010 Tower Poetry Competition. |
Julia Goroszeniuk |
14 Jun 2010 |
211 |
|
Tower Poetry 2010 Selkie |
Katie Woods reads her poem 'Selkie', her entry for the 2010 Tower Poetry Competition. |
Katie Woods |
14 Jun 2010 |
212 |
|
Tower Poetry 2010 Sign Language |
Hugo Havranek reads his poem 'Sign Language' for the 2010 Tower Poetry Competition. |
Hugo Havranek |
14 Jun 2010 |
213 |
|
C.K. Williams: A Life in Poems (2010 Esmond Harmsworth Lecture) |
The Annual Esmond Harmsworth Lecture in American Arts and Letters, given by Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner C.K. Williams on 'A Life in Poems' at the Rothermere American Institute on 24th May 2010. |
C.K. Williams |
28 May 2010 |
214 |
Creative Commons |
War and Civilization Series Lecture 2: War and Poetry |
Geoffrey Hill is currently Professor of Literature and Religion at Boston University and in 2009 his Collected Critical Writings won the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism. |
Geoffrey Hill |
24 May 2010 |
215 |
Creative Commons |
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. |
Alisa Miller |
26 Jan 2010 |
216 |
|
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 |
26 Jan 2010 |
217 |
|
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. |
Colin Hughes, Alun Edwards |
26 Jan 2010 |
218 |
|
Tower Poetry 2009: Introduction |
Kathryn Grant, the Christopher Tower Poetry Administrator, introduces the 2009 Tower Poetry Competition entries. |
Kathryn Grant |
01 Oct 2009 |
219 |
|
Tower Poetry 2009: Grey Mile |
Second Prize winning poem for the 2009 Christopher Tower Poetry Prize Competition, written and read by Iona Twistan-Davies of Matthew Arnold School, Oxford. |
Iona Twistan-Davies |
24 Sep 2009 |
220 |
|
Tower Poetry 2009: Three Guesses |
Third Prize winning poem in the 2009 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition written and read by Paul Merchant of Tonbridge School, Kent. |
Paul Merchant |
24 Sep 2009 |
221 |
|
Tower Poetry 2009: Villanelle |
Runner-up poem in the 2009 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition written and read by Sophie Stephenson-Wright of St Paul’s Girls’ School, London. |
Sophie Stephenson-Wright |
24 Sep 2009 |
222 |
|
Tower Poetry 2009: Evidence |
Runner-up poem in the 2009 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition written and read by Emma Jourdan of St Paul’s Girls’ School, London. |
Emma Jourdan |
24 Sep 2009 |
223 |
|
Tower Poetry 2009: Contact |
Runner-up poem in the 2009 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition written and read by Bethany Aitman of St Paul's Girls School, London. |
Bethany Aitman |
24 Sep 2009 |
224 |
|
Tower Poetry 2008: PDF of all shortlisted entries |
A pdf file of all shortlisted entries for the 2008 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition. |
University of Oxford |
09 Jun 2009 |
225 |
|
Tower Poetry 2008: We Beasts |
Runner-up poem in the 2008 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition written and read by Charlotte Geater of Northgate High School, Ipswich, Suffolk. |
Charlotte Geater |
08 Jun 2009 |
226 |
|
Tower Poetry 2008: Sestina 102 ; 26 |
Runner-up poem in the 2008 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition written and read by Anna Savory of Fort Pitt Grammar School, Chatham, Kent. |
Anna Savory |
08 Jun 2009 |
227 |
|
Tower Poetry 2008: Quickening |
Runner-up poem in the 2008 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition written and read by Amelia Penny of South Hampshire High School, London. |
Amelia Penny |
08 Jun 2009 |
228 |
|
Tower Poetry 2008: Texting In Church |
Runner-up poem in the 2008 Christopher Tower Poetry Prize competition, written and read by Richard O’Brien of the Bourne Grammar School, Lincolnshire. |
Richard O’Brien |
08 Jun 2009 |
229 |
|
Tower Poetry 2008: Journey to Hilly Country |
Second Prize winning poem for the 2008 Christopher Tower Poetry Prize Competition, written and read by Ashley McMullen of The Sixth Form College, Colchester, Essex. |
Ashley McMullin |
08 Jun 2009 |
230 |
|
Tower Poetry 2008: The Five Stages |
First Prize winning poem for the 2008 Christopher Tower Poetry Prizes Competition written and read by Emily Middleton, The King’s School, Macclesfield, Cheshire. |
Emily Middleton |
08 Jun 2009 |
231 |
|
Politics and Popular Poetry in the Arab World |
Professor Clive Holes gives a short talk on Arabic popular poetry; a medium of social satire and cultural criticism that is as important in Arabic culture as much as Social satire is in British culture. He also reads three translations of political poetry |
Clive Holes |
29 Apr 2009 |
232 |
|
Poetry Slam: Judges Verdicts |
The judges deliver their verdicts of the entries for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. |
Steve Larkin, Heidi Vaughan, Bernard O'Donoghue |
13 Mar 2009 |
233 |
|
Your Parents' Careers |
A shortlisted entry for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. |
Robert Rapoport |
13 Mar 2009 |
234 |
|
Untwining |
A shortlisted entry for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. |
Antonia Tam |
13 Mar 2009 |
235 |
|
One Thing Leads to Another |
A shortlisted entry for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. |
Dan Stott |
13 Mar 2009 |
236 |
|
Michelangelo |
A shortlisted entry for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. |
Jesse Bordwin |
13 Mar 2009 |
237 |
|
Letter from a Predator |
A shortlisted entry for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. |
Thomas John Stevenson |
13 Mar 2009 |
238 |
|
Instant Symphony Mix |
A shortlisted entry for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. |
Aisha Mirza |
13 Mar 2009 |
239 |
|
Poetic Phonetics |
A shortlisted entry for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. |
Christopher Peter Joseph Turner |
13 Mar 2009 |
240 |
|
Dia de los Muertos |
A shortlisted entry for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. |
Thomas John Stevenson |
13 Mar 2009 |
241 |
|
A System of Education |
A shortlisted entry for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. |
Christopher Peter Joseph Turner |
13 Mar 2009 |
242 |
|
Take a Rectangle |
A shortlisted entry for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. |
Sophie Duker |
13 Mar 2009 |
243 |
|
WW1 Poetry Digital Archive Project |
JISC documentary introducing the WW1 Poetry Digital Archive Project website and providing an overview to the wealth of material available. |
Kate Lindsay |
13 Nov 2008 |
244 |
Creative Commons |
First year English Tutorial: Old English Riddles |
A tutorial given by Lucinda Rumsey, Mansfield College, Oxford University, to some first year degree students about Old English Riddles. |
Lucinda Rumsey |
12 Sep 2008 |
245 |
|
Reading at the 'Archipelago Poetry Evening' |
Reading at the 'Archipelago Poetry Evening'. |
Bernard O'Donoghue |
30 Apr 2008 |
246 |
|
The Anglo-Saxon poem 'The Wanderer' |
Reading from his translation of the Anglo-Saxon poem 'The Wanderer'. |
Greg Delanty |
30 Apr 2008 |
247 |
|
A poem by Osip Mandelshtam (read in Russian) |
An introduction and excerpts from a poem by Osip Mandelshtam (read in Russian). |
Andrew Kahn |
30 Apr 2008 |
248 |
|
Reading of a poem in Scottish Gaelic |
Reading of a poem in Scottish Gaelic. |
Mark Williams |
30 Apr 2008 |
249 |
|
Reading from his poem 'Flood' |
Reading from his poem 'Flood'. |
Paul Abbot |
30 Apr 2008 |
250 |
|
Reading from his poem 'Muck' |
Reading from his poem 'Muck'. |
Mick Imlah |
30 Apr 2008 |
251 |
|
The origins of 'Archipelago' |
The origins of 'Archipelago'. |
Andrew McNeillie |
29 Apr 2008 |
252 |
|
Introduction to the Archipelago Poetry Evening |
Introduction to the Archipelago Poetry Evening. |
Chris Fletcher |
29 Apr 2008 |
253 |
|
Seamus Heaney reading two contributions |
Two contributions to the first issue of "Archipelago". |
Seamus Heaney |
29 Apr 2008 |
254 |
|
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. |
Richard Holmes |
02 Apr 2008 |
255 |
Creative Commons |
Beowulf reading, ll. 26-52 |
Reading from Beowulf ll. 26-52 by Stuart D Lee, University of Oxford. Recorded March 2007. |
Stuart Lee |
29 Mar 2007 |