5 Oct: The Notes That Did So Haunt Me - Bird Song and Sound in Edward Thomas's Poetry
‘This talk by literary critic, cultural commentator and Edward Thomas officnado, Edna Longley, will focus on birds in the poems of Edward Thomas; on how his poetry represents the sounds they make; and on his view of poetry as “song”. The talk will involve comparisons with W. B. Yeats, and refer to how both poets drew inspiration from folksong.’
About Edna Longley:
Edna Longley is a Professor Emerita in the School of English, Queen’s University Belfast. Her publications include an edition of Edward Thomas’s prose writings, A Language Not To Be Betrayed (1981) from Carcanet, and four critical books: Louis MacNeice: A Study (1988) from Faber, and Poetry in the Wars (1986), The Living Stream: Literature & Revisionism in Ireland (1994) and Poetry & Posterity (2000) from Bloodaxe. She also edited The Bloodaxe Book of 20th Century Poetry (2000) and Edward Thomas: The Annotated Collected Poems (Bloodaxe Books, 2008).
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‘This talk by literary critic, cultural commentator and Edward Thomas officnado, Edna Longley, will focus on birds in the poems of Edward Thomas; on how his poetry represents the sounds they make; and on his view of poetry as “song”. The talk will involve comparisons with W. B. Yeats, and refer to how both poets drew inspiration from folksong.’
About Edna Longley:
Edna Longley is a Professor Emerita in the School of English, Queen’s University Belfast. Her publications include an edition of Edward Thomas’s prose writings, A Language Not To Be Betrayed (1981) from Carcanet, and four critical books: Louis MacNeice: A Study (1988) from Faber, and Poetry in the Wars (1986), The Living Stream: Literature & Revisionism in Ireland (1994) and Poetry & Posterity (2000) from Bloodaxe. She also edited The Bloodaxe Book of 20th Century Poetry (2000) and Edward Thomas: The Annotated Collected Poems (Bloodaxe Books, 2008).
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