Seamus Perry
Professor of English at Balliol College, Oxford, and co-host of the Close Readings podcast.
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Jul 25, 2024 • 58min
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.
