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Audio Recording Archibald MacLeish reading his poems with comment backstage in the Coolidge Auditorium, May 13, 1963

Archibald MacLeish reading his poems with comment backstage in the Coolidge Auditorium, May 13, 1963

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Title

  • Archibald MacLeish reading his poems with comment backstage in the Coolidge Auditorium, May 13, 1963

Names

  • MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982
  • Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
  • Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1963.

Contents

  • From Songs for Eve: Reasons for music ; My naked aunt ; What Eve said ; Eve's child ; Eve old ; Eve's first prophecy ; Eve's second prophecy ; Dr. Sigmund Freud discovers the sea shell -- From Collected poems 1917-1952: The silent slain ; L'an trentiesme de mon cage ; Yacht for sale ; The end of the world ; Ars poetica ; Not marble nor the gilded monuments ; You, Andrew Marvell ; Epistle to be left in the earth ; Landscape as a nude ; Burying ground by the ties ; Invocation to the social muse ; The renovated temple ; Poem in prose ; Years of the dog ; Ezry ; Calypso's Island ; What any lover learns ; The old man to the lizard ; The old men in the leaf smoke ; They come no more, those words, those finches ; Yacht for sale [rereading] ; The learned men ; Words in time.

Notes

  • -  Introduced by Louis Untermeyer.
  • -  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.
  • -  Literary recordings, rev., enl. ed., p. 151.

Medium

  • 1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LWO 3998

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 95770413

Online Format

  • audio

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Chicago citation style:

Macleish, Archibald, Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. Archibald MacLeish reading his poems with comment backstage in the Coolidge Auditorium. 1963. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/95770413/.

APA citation style:

Macleish, A., Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund & Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. (1963) Archibald MacLeish reading his poems with comment backstage in the Coolidge Auditorium. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/95770413/.

MLA citation style:

Macleish, Archibald, Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. Archibald MacLeish reading his poems with comment backstage in the Coolidge Auditorium. 1963. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/95770413/>.