Poetry in America. Season 2 [DVD video]

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Title:

Added Author:

New, Elisa, screenwriter, television director, host.

Reis-Dennis, Leah, television director, television producer.

O'Connell, Cathleen, television producer.

Publication Date:

2020

Publication Information:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2020]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (200 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

ISBN:

9781531712334

Abstract:

Poets, public figures and members of various communities join series creator Elisa New to engage in close readings of a single American poem. Each episode mixes lively discussion with archival materials, location footage, and vivid animation. The series offers audiences an immersive and accessible experience in reading poems that touch on many aspects of American life, past and present.

General Note:

Title from web page.

Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program in 2020.

Wide screen.

Performers:

Host, Elisa New.

Contents:

Urban love poem / Marilyn Chin -- One art / Elizabeth Bishop -- The fish / Marianne Moore -- This your home now / Mark Doty -- Finishing the hat / Stephen Sondheim -- You and I are disappearing / Yusef Komunyakaa -- This is just to say / William Carlos Williams -- Leaves of grass / Walt Whitman.

Technical Details:

DVD, region 1 NTSC, widescreen; stereo; [color]

Subject Term:

American poetry -- History and criticism.

American poetry -- Appreciation.

American poetry -- Explication.

American poetry -- History and criticism -- 19th century.

American poetry -- History and criticism -- 20th century.

Genre:

Nonfiction television programs.

Documentary television programs.

Television series.