Classics and Poetry Now
Classics and Poetry Now
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Classics and Poetry Now is a series of occasional podcasts that have developed out of a research network of the same name. The network is made up of scholars and creative artists with a shared interest in the ancient Mediterranean and its persistent and varying resonances in the modern world. Together, we explore the ways in which the myths, literature, and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome are refigured in poetic works of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Artwork: © Thom Cuschieri
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Explores the interplay between ancient Greek and Roman literature and modern poetic expressions, covering topics such as the influence of antiquity on World War I poetry, with specific episodes like conversations about poets Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen's reimagining of classical themes.
Classics and Poetry Now is a series of occasional podcasts that have developed out of a research network of the same name. The network is made up of scholars and creative artists with a shared interest in the ancient Mediterranean and its persistent and varying resonances in the modern world. Together, we explore the ways in which the myths, literature, and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome are refigured in poetic works of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Artwork: © Thom Cuschieri
Professor Lorna Hardwick (Open University) introduces the work of the Classics and Poetry Now network, before joining in conversation with Professor Stephen Harrison (University of Oxford), and Professor Elizabeth Vandiver (Whitman College). Together, they discuss the ways in which poets of the First World War, including Rupert Brooke, Charles Sorley, Wilfred Owen, and Isaac Rosenberg engaged with ancient Greece and Rome.
For those who would like to explore further, a more in-depth exploration of all that Lorna, Elizabeth, and Stephen discuss can be found in their co-authored book on the topic, Greek and Roman Antiquity in First World War Poetry (Oxford University Press, 2024).
Poems discussed:
Rupert Brooke, 'The Soldier'
Horace, Odes
Homer, Iliad
Homer, Odyssey
Wilfred Owen, 'Dulce Et Decorum Est', 'Strange Meeting' and 'Arms and the Boy'
Isaac Rosenberg, 'August 1914' and 'Dead Man's Dump'
Charles Sorley, 'When You See Millions of the Mouthless Dead'
Artwork: © Thom Cuschieri
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