Article: From epitaph to obituary: the death politics of T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound.(Critical Essay)

 
   Not marble, nor the gilded monuments 
   Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme; 
   But you shall shine more bright in these contents 
   Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. 
 
   --William Shakespeare, Sonnet LV 

In a short BBC documentary titled "Poets on the Box," broadcast in the early 1990s, the producers try to catch the essence of poetry by letting both poets and poetry readers define poetry and great poets--the "poets par excellence" so to speak, whose viewpoints, comments, and poems are woven into the entire program. The viewer sees modernist poets like T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, and W. H. Auden reflecting on their lives, their ...






Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!