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Music Lessons (Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry)
Fiona Sampson
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Description for Music Lessons (Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry)
Paperback. Three lectures on contemporary poetry by one of Britain's leading poets, Fiona Sampson, editor of Poetry Review. Her lectures discuss the relationship between poetry, music and ideas, taking examples from a diverse range of writers, composers and philosophers. Num Pages: 64 pages, music. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 6. Weight in Grams: 122. Newcastle / Bloodaxe Poetry Lectures. 64 pages, music. Three lectures on contemporary poetry by one of Britain's leading poets, Fiona Sampson, editor of Poetry Review. Her lectures discuss the relationship between poetry, music and ideas, taking examples from a diverse range of writers, composers and philosophers. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSC. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 6. Weight: 122.
In this innovative series of public lectures at Newcastle University, leading contemporary poets speak about the craft and practice of poetry to audiences drawn from both the city and the university. The lectures are then published in book form by Bloodaxe, giving readers everywhere the opportunity to learn what the poets themselves think about their own subject. It's almost a cliche that music and poetry are cousins, and that the term lyric names this cousinship. Yet the actual forms music takes within poetry are unclear, even contested. At the same time, our assumptions about these forms condition the ways we ... Read more
In this innovative series of public lectures at Newcastle University, leading contemporary poets speak about the craft and practice of poetry to audiences drawn from both the city and the university. The lectures are then published in book form by Bloodaxe, giving readers everywhere the opportunity to learn what the poets themselves think about their own subject. It's almost a cliche that music and poetry are cousins, and that the term lyric names this cousinship. Yet the actual forms music takes within poetry are unclear, even contested. At the same time, our assumptions about these forms condition the ways we ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
125g
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852249090
SKU
V9781852249090
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About Fiona Sampson
Fiona Sampson was first a concert violinist, then studied at the Universities of Oxford, where she won the Newdigate Prize, and Nijmegen, where she received a PhD in the philosophy of language. This research arose from her pioneering residencies in health care. Her most recent poetry collections are Rough Music (Carcanet Press, 2010), shortlisted for the 2010 Forward and T.S. ... Read more
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