Poetry with Simon Armitage

About Poetry with Simon Armitage

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.

Publisher

Oxford University

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Apr 2016

Latest episode

17 May 2019

Latest episodes

12 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 May 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.

2. 

   28 Jan 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.

3. 

   23 Nov 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'

4. 

   17 May 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".

5. 

   20 Mar 2018

   Like, Elizabeth Bishop

   Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage delivers a lecture on the american writer and poet Elizabeth Bishop.

6. 

   15 Nov 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.

7. 

   19 May 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.

8. 

   14 Mar 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.

9. 

   14 Nov 2016

   Access All Areas: Poetry and the Underworld

   Simon Armitage's fourth public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford.

10. 

    18 May 2016

    On Lists

    Simon Armitage's third public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford.

11. 

    8 Apr 2016

    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.

12. 

    8 Apr 2016

    The Parable of the Solicitor and the Poet

    Simon Armitage, professor of poetry, University of Oxford delivers his inaugural lecture.

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