Of Poets and Poetry; 1; Stephen Spender. Part 1
- Series
- Of Poets and Poetry
- Episode Number
- 1
- Episode
- Stephen Spender. Part 1
- Producing Organization
- Metropolitan Educational Television Association
- Contributing Organization
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/512-nk3610wt48
- NOLA Code
- POAP
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Louis Simpson, a poet and teacher at the University of California at Berkeley, discusses Stephen Spenders views of the poets task. He talks of the attempts of Spender and Louis Auden to use industrial machines, airmen and soldiers as material for poetry. He describes some of the metaphors in the poetry. The poet then reads and discusses, The Express, Childhood, An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum, I Think Continually of Those Who Are Growing Old, What I Suspected, and Seascape. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- The 8 episodes in this series are designed to heighten an adult audiences appreciation of poetry and stimulate further enjoyment by introducing excellent poetry and the poets who created it. Poets were selected because of their ability to read dramatically as well as their stature as poets. Stephen Spender, Ogden Nash, John Crowe Ranson and others read their works and offer comment and analysts. They are interviewed by poets and professors, such as Barry Ulanow of Barnard College and Galway Kinnell now at the University of Teheran. The series was produced by Barbara Davidson in cooperation with the Poetry Center of the 92nd Street YMHA of New York City. The series was first distributed by NET starting December 13, 1959. It was later rebroadcast starting June 20, 1962. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Broadcast Date
- 1959-12-13
- Date
- 1962-06-20
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Talk Show
- Performance
- Topics
- Literature
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Interviewee: Spender, Stephen
Interviewer: Simpson, Louis
Performer: Spender, Stephen
Producer: Davidson, Barbara
Producing Organization: Metropolitan Educational Television Association
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 2405650-1 (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: “Of Poets and Poetry; 1; Stephen Spender. Part 1,” 1959-12-13, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 16, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-nk3610wt48.
- MLA: “Of Poets and Poetry; 1; Stephen Spender. Part 1.” 1959-12-13. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 16, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-nk3610wt48>.
- APA: Of Poets and Poetry; 1; Stephen Spender. Part 1. 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-nk3610wt48