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Audio Recording Digital culture and the individual soul a lecture

Digital culture and the individual soul a lecture

About this Item

Title

  • Digital culture and the individual soul a lecture

Summary

  • The 1997-1998 Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry Robert Pinsky delivers his opening lecture and discusses poetry, computers, and the internet. He reads excerpts from his long poem entitled An explanation of America, published in 1979.

Names

  • Pinsky, Robert.
  • Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund.
  • Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1997.

Headings

  • -  Computers--Poetry

Notes

  • -  Prosser Gifford introduces the program and the poet.
  • -  Recorded Oct. 9, 1997, in the Montpelier Room, Library of Congress, 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.
  • -  Playback copy. Washington, DC. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 1997. 1 sound cassette : digital ; 2 1/2 x 3 in.

Medium

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

Call Number/Physical Location

  • RGA 0481 (playback copy)
  • RWD 8339 (preservation master)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 97707902

Online Format

  • audio

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Chicago citation style:

Pinsky, Robert, Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. Digital Culture and the Individual Soul a Lecture. 1997. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/97707902/.

APA citation style:

Pinsky, R., Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund & Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. (1997) Digital Culture and the Individual Soul a Lecture. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/97707902/.

MLA citation style:

Pinsky, Robert, Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. Digital Culture and the Individual Soul a Lecture. 1997. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/97707902/>.