ENGL 310: Modern Poetry
Lecture 18 - Marianne Moore (cont.). The previous lecture's examination of "The Octopus" is continued, focusing on Moore's innovative use of quotation. The poem "Silence" is read in connection with nineteenth-century poetry and the poet's personal reticence.
Selections from Elizabeth Bishop's personal memoir of Moore are presented with special attention to Moore's relationships with other modernists and male poets in particular. The poem "To a Snail" is considered as a meditation on style and compression, and a reading of
"The Paper Nautilus" rounds out a wider examination of the use and meaning of restraint in Moore's poetry.
(from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 18 - Marianne Moore (cont.) |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Marianne Moore Poem: "An Octopus" |
| [00:12:48] | 2. Marianne Moore Poem: "Silence" |
| [00:17:11] | 3. Marianne Moore and Her Complex Relationship to Her Male Peers |
| [00:29:10] | 4. Marianne Moore Poem: "The Fish" |
| [00:31:09] | 5. Marianne Moore Poem: "To a Snail" |
| [00:32:28] | 6. Marianne Moore Poem: "When I Buy Pictures" |
| [00:34:35] | 7. Marianne Moore Poem: "The Paper Nautilus" |
| References |
| Lecture 18 - Marianne Moore (cont.) Instructor: Professor Langdon Hammer. Handout 10: Marianne Moore [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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