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Political Poems

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Seamus Perry and Mark Ford consider poems that have been understood, admired and perhaps criticised for their politics, ranging across several hundred years of literary history. Mark Ford is Professor of English at University College, London, and Seamus Perry is Professor of English Literature at Balliol College, Oxford. Political Poems is part of the Close Readings podcast collection from the London Review of Books. Listen to this episode ad free, and get full access to all our Close Readings series, including more from Mark and Seamus: Sign up to the Close Readings subscription to listen ad free and to all our series in full: Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://lrb.me/ppapplesignup In other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/ppsignup

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December 28, 2024

‘Little Gidding’ by T.S. Eliot

In the final episode of Political Poems, Mark and Seamus discuss ‘Little Gidding’, the fourth poem of T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets. Emerging out of Eliot’s experiences of the Blitz, ‘Little Gidding’ presents us with an apocalyptic vision of purifying fire. Suggesting that humanity can survive warfare only through renewed spiritual unity, Eliot finds a model in Little Gidding, a small village that for a time in the 17th century served as an Anglican commune before its closure under Puritan scrutiny. Mark and Seamus explore how Eliot’s poetics heighten our sense of the liminal and mystical, and how, by ‘scrambling our brains’, Eliot’s brilliant rhetoric subsumes his bizarre politics. Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen to the full episode, and all our other Close Readings series, subscribe: Directly in Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://apple.co/4dbjbjG" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/4dbjbjG</a> In other podcast apps: <a href="https://lrb.me/closereadings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/closereadings</a>  Further reading in the LRB: Frank Kermode: Disintegration<a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v16/n02/frank-kermode/disintegration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v16/n02/frank-kermode/disintegration</a> Helen Thaventhiran: Things Ill Done and Undone<a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n17/helen-thaventhiran/things-ill-done-and-undone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n17/helen-thaventhiran/things-ill-done-and-undone</a> Tobias Gregory: By All Possible Art<a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v36/n24/tobias-gregory/by-all-possible-art" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v36/n24/tobias-gregory/by-all-possible-art</a> <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

November 28, 2024

‘Station Island’ by Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney and Mark discuss Heaney's autobiographical poem 'Station Island', which wrestles with the inescapability of politics through a dreamlike reworking of Dante's Purgatorio.

October 28, 2024

'The Prelude' (books 9 and 10) by William Wordsworth

Wordsworth was not unusual among Romantic poets for his enthusiastic support of the French Revolution, but he stands apart from his contemporaries for actually being there to see it for himself (‘Thou wert there,’ Coleridge wrote). This episode looks at Wordsworth’s retrospective account of his 1791 visit to France, described in books 9 and 10 of The Prelude, and the ways in which it reveals a passionate commitment to republicanism while recoiling from political extremism. Mark and Seamus discuss why, despite Wordsworth’s claim of being innately republican, discussion of the intellectual underpinnings of the revolution is strangely absent from the poem, which is more often preoccupied with romance and the imagination, particularly in their power to soften zealotry.Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen to the full episode, and all our other Close Readings series, subscribe:Directly in Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://apple.co/4dbjbjG" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/4dbjbjG</a>In other podcast apps: <a href="https://lrb.me/ppsignup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lrb.me/closereadings</a>Further reading in the LRB:Seamus Perry:<a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v30/n24/seamus-perry/regrets-vexations-lassitudes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v30/n24/seamus-perry/regrets-vexations-lassitudes</a>E.P. Thompson<a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v10/n22/e.p.-thompson/wordsworth-s-crisis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v10/n22/e.p.-thompson/wordsworth-s-crisis</a>Colin Burrow:<a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v41/n13/colin-burrow/a-solemn-and-unsexual-man" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v41/n13/colin-burrow/a-solemn-and-unsexual-man</a>Marilyn Butler<a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v05/n12/marilyn-butler/three-feet-on-the-ground" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v05/n12/marilyn-butler/three-feet-on-the-ground</a>Thomas Keymer<a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n12/thomas-keymer/after-meditation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n12/thomas-keymer/after-meditation</a> <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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What is Political Poems?: Seamus Perry and Mark Ford consider poems that have been understood, admired and perhaps criticised for their politics, ranging across several hundred years of literary history.

Mark Ford is Professor of English at University College, London, and Seamus Perry is Professor of English Literature at Balliol College, Oxford.

Political Poems is part of the Close Readings podcast collection from the London Review of Books. Listen to this episode ad free, and get full access to all our Close Readings series, including more from Mark and Seamus:

Sign up to the Close Readings subscription to listen ad free and to all our series in full:

Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://lrb.me/ppapplesignup

In other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/ppsignup
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates weekly.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 2 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
Does this podcast accept guests?: Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.

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