Tag: Poetry
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Haunted by History: War and Rome in the work of Robert Graves
Robert Palmer explores how Graves’s experiences as a First World War poet and his later reimagining of Imperial Rome in I, Claudius and Claudius the God reveal the theme of surviving chaos.
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The Oeuvre of Harry Crosby: Art into Reality
Harry Fry delves into the life and work of Harry Crosby, a poet who lived in the early 20th century.
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On Seeing the Pyramids at Giza
The pyramids at Giza have inspired artists for millennia. Here, Stuart McFarlane shares two poems on them.
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Farewell Juniper Green
Not so long ago you could be deported to Australia for committing a minor crime. Stuart McFarlane’s poem explores the feeling of being forced to leave Edinburgh.
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The Art of Love: Ovid’s Valentine Tips
Written by Fiona Macrae. In the first century, Ovid instructed readers of the “Ars Amatoria” on how to find (and keep) love. Two millennia later, Fiona Macrae shares his guidance for the modern Classicist to employ in the search for “amor” this Valentine’s Day.
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