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Situated on the cusp of the Romantic era, Thomas Gray’s work is a mixture of impersonal Augustan abstraction and intense subjectivity. ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ is one of the most famous poems in the English language, and continues to exert its influence on contemporary poetry. Mark and Seamus explore three of Gray’s elegiac poems and their peculiar emotional power. They discuss Gray’s ambiguous sexuality, his procrastination and class anxieties, and where his humour shines through – as in his elegy for Horace Walpole’s cat.

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John Mullan: Unpranked Lyre

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Tony Harrison: ‘V.’

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https://www.thomasgray.org/texts/poems/elcc

https://www.thomasgray.org/texts/poems/odfc

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Situated on the cusp of the Romantic era, Thomas Gray’s work is a mixture of impersonal Augustan abstraction and intense subjectivity. ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ is one of the most famous poems in the English language, and continues to exert its influence on contemporary poetry. Mark and Seamus explore three of Gray’s elegiac poems and their peculiar emotional power. They discuss Gray’s ambiguous sexuality, his procrastination and class anxieties, and where his humour shines through – as in his elegy for Horace Walpole’s cat.

Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen to the full episode, and all our other Close Readings series, subscribe:

Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://lrb.me/applecrld

In other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/closereadingsld

Further reading in the LRB:

John Mullan: Unpranked Lyre

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v23/n24/john-mullan/unpranked-lyre

Tony Harrison: ‘V.’

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v07/n01/tony-harrison/v

Get the books: https://lrb.me/crbooklist

Read the texts online:

https://www.thomasgray.org/texts/poems/sorw

https://www.thomasgray.org/texts/poems/elcc

https://www.thomasgray.org/texts/poems/odfc

Next episode: Mid-20th century elegies: Berryman, Lowell, Bishop

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

… continue reading

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#Books #Higher Education #Arts #Podcasting Education #Anthony Wilks #London Review Of Books

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