Receivers of the Gods: A Conversation with The Classical Outlook

08/10/2024 1h 10min Temporada 7 Episodio 7
Receivers of the Gods: A Conversation with The Classical Outlook

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Soundtrack to this episodeLink to poems! Read the Classical Outlook poetry issue here! NEW MERCH HERETo receive a link to the Critical Path Symposium, follow the email link at the bottom right of this pageTopics discussed in this episode include:-Philip Walsh and Rachel Hadas!-The Classical Outlook!-Classical Reception Studies-"44 Pastorals" by Rachel Hadas-Prosimetra/Haibun-"Prose of Departure" by James Merrill-"Ecstatic Occasions, Expedient Forms" ed. by David Lehman-"Personal Best: Makers On Their Poems That Matter Most"-In praise of postludes-Rachel’s Euripides and Dionysiaca-"Achilles and Odysseus” by Susan McLean-“Mimesis” by Erich Auerbach-“Imaginary Conversations” by Walter Savage Landor-“The Songs of the Kings” by Barry Unsworth-“Circe” by Madeleine Miller-“The King Must Die” by Mary Renault-“Iphigenia” dir. Michael Cacoyannis-“The Silence of the Girls” by Pat Barker-The Feminist re-telling of Classical myths trend-“Liber Tertius Decimus” by Julia Griffin-“After the Fall” by David Katz-“The Mazemaker” by Michael Ayrton-“Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths” by Charlotte Higgins-“Follow This Thread: A Maze Book to Get Lost In” by Henry Eliot-“The House of Asterion” by Jorge Luis Borges-“The Fall of Icarus” by Pieter Bruegel the Elder-“Musee des Beaux Arts” by W.H. Auden-D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths-“Theseus and the Minotaur” by Edwin Muir-“Megalopolis” dir. Francis Ford Coppola-The Classical Outlook takes Princeton!Support the showBUY VERSECRAFT MERCH HERE. VISIT THE VERSECRAFT SUBSTACK HERE.Please subscribe, rate, and review! Thanks so much for listening.You can leave me a tip, support the podcast, or request a commission here! TikTok: @versecraftSend me a note at: [email protected] favorite poetry podcasts for: Sharp thoughts and cutting truths (Matthew): Sleerickets Lovely introspection and sensitive reflection (Alice): Poetry Says The landscape of Ohioan poetry (Jeremy): Poetry Spotlight Supported in part by The Ohio Poetry AssociationArt by David Anthony KlugList of the most common metrical feet: Iamb: weak-STRONG (u /)Trochee: STRONG-weak (/ u)Anapest: weak-weak-STRONG (u u /)Amphibrach: weak-STRONG-weak (u / u)Dactyl: STRONG-weak-weak (/ u u)Cretic: STRONG-weak-STRONG (/ u /)Pyrrhic: weak-weak (u u)Spondee: STRONG-STRONG (/ /)