ENGL 310: Modern Poetry
Lecture 01 - Introduction. Professor Hammer introduces students to the material that will be covered in the course of the semester. Course readings and requirements are also addressed. Early publications of poems are discussed as they appeared in small magazines such as Blast, Broom, and The Criterion. Book publication of the same poems and other poetry collections are then discussed in contrast. A number of modern English poets are presented such as Eliot, Hughes, Moore, Yeats, and photographs are shown in order to introduce students to the major poets of the early twentieth century. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 01 - Introduction |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Introduction: Course Materials and Requirements |
| [00:05:50] | 2. Modern Poet Introduction: Robert Frost |
| [00:08:46] | 3. Modern Poet Introductions: T. S. Eliot and Marianne Moore |
| [00:42:52] | 4. Modern Poet Introduction: Wallace Stevens |
| References |
| Lecture 1 - Introduction Instructor: Professor Langdon Hammer. Handout 1: Introduction [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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