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Audio Recording What makes modern poetry modern lecture and reading

What makes modern poetry modern lecture and reading

About this Item

Title

  • What makes modern poetry modern lecture and reading

Summary

  • The readings include Nothing gold can stay, by Robert Frost; In just, by E.E. Cummings; The journey of the Magi, by T.S. Eliot; and The listeners, by Walter de la Mare. Mr. Untermeyer also reads his poems: Portrait of a machine, Coal fire in the nursery, Long feud, At the bottom of the well, Song tournament, The stone's hymn, and Prayer.

Names

  • Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977.
  • Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund.
  • Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1961.

Headings

  • -  Poetry, Modern--20th century--History and criticism

Notes

  • -  Recorded Oct. 2, 1961, in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
  • -  Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.
  • -  Literary recordings, rev., enl. ed., p. 255.
  • -  Cataloging based on container/printed material/LC paperwork.

Medium

  • 1 sound tape reel (ca. 50 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LWO 3413 (original)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 94838396

Online Format

  • audio

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Rights & Access

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Chicago citation style:

Untermeyer, Louis, Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. What Makes Modern Poetry Modern Lecture and Reading. 1961. Audio. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/94838396/.

APA citation style:

Untermeyer, L., Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund & Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. (1961) What Makes Modern Poetry Modern Lecture and Reading. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/94838396/.

MLA citation style:

Untermeyer, Louis, Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. What Makes Modern Poetry Modern Lecture and Reading. 1961. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/94838396/>.