Audio Recording Stephen Spender delivering a lecture

Title

• Stephen Spender delivering a lecture

Summary

• Poet Stephen Spender speaks on the relationship between poetry and political events of the 1930s. During the course of his talk, he reads excerpts of the works of poets such as W.H. Auden and C. Day Lewis, Mr. Spender's contemporaries during the 1930s.

Names

• Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995
• Hecht, Anthony, 1923-2004
• Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
• Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• 1983.

Headings

• -  English poetry--20th century--Political aspects
• -  Poets, English--20th century--Political and social views
• -  Spender, Stephen,--1909-1995--Contemporaries
• -  Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century

Notes

• -  Introduced by Anthony Hecht.
• -  Recorded Apr. 19, 1983, in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
• -  Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
• -  Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.

Medium

• 1 sound tape reel (ca. 60 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in. + program information ([3] p.)

Call Number/Physical Location

• RWA 5525

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsrs/poetryarch.91740825

Library of Congress Control Number

• 91740825

Online Format

• audio

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/91740825

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