USA: Poetry; 8; Richard Wilbur and Robert Lowell
- Series
- USA: Poetry
- Episode Number
- 8
- Episode
- Richard Wilbur and Robert Lowell
- Producing Organization
- National Educational Television and Radio Center
- KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
- Contributing Organization
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/512-028pc2tx08
- NOLA Code
- UPTR
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Among the most distinguished names in American letters, both Richard Wilbur and Robert Lowell have been awarded Pulitzer Prizes, both tend to employ traditional forms with the greatest technical mastery, and both are scholars and teachers as well as poets. Richard Wilbur was filmed at his home in Portland, Connecticut, close to Wesleyan University where he is a professor of English. Regarded as a master of poetic form, he comments in the film, Im not, of course, interested in making little dollies. Im interested in whats being said, though by formal means. Sometimes it takes me three or five years to finish off a poem. Mr. Wilbur also reads his poems On the Marginal Way, Love Calls to Us to the Things of this World, and Advice to a Prophet. Robert Lowell is filmed in his New York studio, where he has lived since the mid-1950s. Scion of a distinguished New England family, he is regarded by many critics as the most important living American poet. He reads his poems about Maine Water, Soft Wood, The Flaw, and Fall 1961 and Viva La Muerte, about New York. USA: Poetry - Richard Wilbur and Robert Lowell is a production of National Educational Television and KQED, San Francisco. Episode Running Time: 28:58 (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- USA: Poetry is part of an assessment of the state of the literary arts in the United States, which concentrates on contemporary poets, with the opening episode on the late William Carlos Williams serving as an introduction to programs that follow. The 14 half-hour episodes that comprise the series were originally recorded on film.
- Broadcast Date
- 1966-08-07
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Performance
- Documentary
- Topics
- Literature
- Biography
- Rights
- Published Work: This work was offered for sale and/or rent in 1972.
- Copyright National Educational Television & Radio Center August 7, 1966
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Executive Producer: Howard, Brice
Interviewee: Lowell, Robert
Interviewee: Wilbur, Richard
Performer: Lowell, Robert
Performer: Wilbur, Richard
Producer: Moore, Richard
Producing Organization: National Educational Television and Radio Center
Producing Organization: KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 1994344-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 1994344-2 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
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Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
Identifier: [request film based on title] (Indiana University)
Format: 16mm film
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- Citations
- Chicago: “USA: Poetry; 8; Richard Wilbur and Robert Lowell,” 1966-08-07, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 18, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-028pc2tx08.
- MLA: “USA: Poetry; 8; Richard Wilbur and Robert Lowell.” 1966-08-07. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 18, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-028pc2tx08>.
- APA: USA: Poetry; 8; Richard Wilbur and Robert Lowell. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-028pc2tx08