Seamus Perry
Scholar and regular LRB contributor who co-hosts the 'Narrative Poems' series, introducing and discussing long narrative poems and their place in literary history.
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Jul 25, 2024 • 57min
The Great Political Poems
Mark Ford and Seamus Perry discuss the essence of great political poems, exploring ideology in poetry, the importance of context, and conveying political truths through verse. They analyze works like Yeats's 'Easter 1916' and Auden's 'Spain 1937, delving into political conviction and poetic ambiguity.
