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Wordworks: Poetry on T.V.
Neil Astley
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Description for Wordworks: Poetry on T.V.
Paperback. 8vo . Some light shelfwear otherwise a good copy.
This anthology is the TV tie-in book for Wordworks, a new poetry series originated by Tyne Tees Television for the ITV network. Each programme features several poetry videos in which poems are given stunning visual interpretations. Each is introduced by the poet, whose reading of the poem forms part of the film treatment. Twenty poets from Britain and Ireland have been filmed in their poems in a variety of locations. Paul Durcan drives a hearse. Carol Ann Duffy becomes a tabloid hack in a newspaper office. Benjamin Zephaniah goes on a rapping walkabout. jo shapcott is a mad cow in ... Read more
This anthology is the TV tie-in book for Wordworks, a new poetry series originated by Tyne Tees Television for the ITV network. Each programme features several poetry videos in which poems are given stunning visual interpretations. Each is introduced by the poet, whose reading of the poem forms part of the film treatment. Twenty poets from Britain and Ireland have been filmed in their poems in a variety of locations. Paul Durcan drives a hearse. Carol Ann Duffy becomes a tabloid hack in a newspaper office. Benjamin Zephaniah goes on a rapping walkabout. jo shapcott is a mad cow in ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852241674
SKU
KEX0281422
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Neil Astley
Neil Astley is editor of Bloodaxe Books, which he founded in 1978. His books include novels, poetry collections and anthologies, most notably the Bloodaxe Staying Alive trilogy: Staying Alive (Bloodaxe, UK 2002/ Miramax, US 2003), Being Alive (2004) and Being Human (2011), along with Essential Poems from the Staying Alive Trilogy (2012). His other anthologies (all these from Bloodaxe) include ... Read more
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