A critical guide to the metaphysical poets [videorecording] / a presentation of Films for the Humanities & Sciences ; written by Pauline Rush ; producer Vanessa Tovell ; directed and edited by Chris Gormlie.
2004
PR545.M4 C75 2004 (Mapit)
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Title
A critical guide to the metaphysical poets [videorecording] / a presentation of Films for the Humanities & Sciences ; written by Pauline Rush ; producer Vanessa Tovell ; directed and edited by Chris Gormlie.
Variant Title
Title on container: Metaphysical poets
Publication Details
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, 2004, c1999.
Language
English
Description
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Call Number
PR545.M4 C75 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
821.309
Distributor No.
FFH 8668 Films for the Humanities
Summary
In a reaction against Elizabethan-period poetry, 17th century English poets such as John Donne, George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, and Andrew Marvell began writing in a new style. Although derisively dubbed "metaphysical" because of its unseemly--that is, intellectual--nature, metaphysical poetry soon became appreciated for its remarkable blend of emotion and erudition, as evidenced by complex conceits, unconventional imagery, and the avoidance of smooth and regular meter. Daniela Havenstein of Oxford University and Judith Aldridge of the University of Central England interpret and analyze some of Donne's best-known poems, along with the works of other metaphysical poets.
Note
Presenter: Roy Cane.
Credits
Camera work, Gavin Bott, Chris Weaver; music, Paul Farrer, Tarlatons Jig.
System Details Note
DVD.
Added Author
Havenstein, Daniela.
Aldridge, Judith.
Aldridge, Judith.
Added Corporate Author
Films for the Humanities (Firm)
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