ENGL 310: Modern Poetry
Lecture 24 - Elizabeth Bishop. The early poetry of Elizabeth Bishop is discussed. The poet is positioned as an endpoint to modernism, and in her essay "Dimensions for a Novel," a response to Eliot's "Tradition and the Individual Talent,"
Bishop is shown to transfer Eliot's concept of "tradition" to the construction of literary works. The poem "The Map" is presented as an expression of Bishop's early thinking about geography and world-making. "The Gentleman of Shalott" is considered as
a contemplation of the process of perception. Finally, "Sandpiper" is read as a meditation on the challenges of locating coherence in a shifting world.
(from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 24 - Elizabeth Bishop |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Introduction: Elizabeth Bishop |
| [00:11:09] | 2. Elizabeth Bishop Poem: "The Map" |
| [00:30:05] | 3. Elizabeth Bishop Poem: "The Gentleman of Shalott" |
| [00:40:57] | 4. Elizabeth Bishop Poem: "Sandpiper" |
| References |
| Lecture 24 - Elizabeth Bishop Instructor: Professor Langdon Hammer. Handout 11: Elizabeth Bishop [PDF]. Section Activity: Elizabeth Bishop [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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