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Radio Waves: Poems Celebrating the Wireless
Sean Street
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Description for Radio Waves: Poems Celebrating the Wireless
paperback. A collection of poems which speak of the power of radio. Editor(s): Street, Sean. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 138.
In 1927, a writer in the "Radio Times" declared it unsurprising that poets should write about radio, 'for the new magic, which pours the music of the concert room into the stillness of the cottage and brings the song of nightingales into the heart of Town, is of the very stuff of poetry.'That early fascination with the power of the invisible waves that transmit thoughts around the globe persists, and continues to draw poems from writers who find that the kinship of both forms as purveyors of 'pictures in the mind' remains a unique one in the constantly evolving development ... Read more
In 1927, a writer in the "Radio Times" declared it unsurprising that poets should write about radio, 'for the new magic, which pours the music of the concert room into the stillness of the cottage and brings the song of nightingales into the heart of Town, is of the very stuff of poetry.'That early fascination with the power of the invisible waves that transmit thoughts around the globe persists, and continues to draw poems from writers who find that the kinship of both forms as purveyors of 'pictures in the mind' remains a unique one in the constantly evolving development ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781900564397
SKU
V9781900564397
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Ref
99-50
About Sean Street
Sean Street has published six collections of poetry, the most recent being Radio and Other Poems. He has worked in radio as a writer, producer and presenter for more than thirty years and his work is frequently to be heard on BBC Radios 3 and 4. His prose includes a number of texts on radio history, as well as writings ... Read more
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