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Monday, March 18, 2013
T.S. Eliot reads T.S. Eliot
A rare recording of Eliot reading his celebrated 1915 stream-of-consciousness poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” found in his Selected Poems. It's eerie to hear him read, knowing it was recorded almost 100 years ago.
A teacher played this for us in high school. Flashes of it still pop into my head once in a while. At the time, though, the eerie, slow voice, the strange subject matter, seemed so plodding and remote, I decided that poetry was just homework, and would forever be over my head.
Of course the poem wasn't taught well either, somehow I knew that too.
But I'll listen again, now that I can actually relate to the work.
I was astonished to find that there is SOMETHING ELSE ON THE END OF THIS RECORDING! It's interrupted by a "never-ending" collaborative story. Where did that come from? I wanted to hear the end of the poem... Try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAO3QTU4PzY
A teacher played this for us in high school. Flashes of it still pop into my head once in a while. At the time, though, the eerie, slow voice, the strange subject matter, seemed so plodding and remote, I decided that poetry was just homework, and would forever be over my head.
ReplyDeleteOf course the poem wasn't taught well either, somehow I knew that too.
But I'll listen again, now that I can actually relate to the work.
I was astonished to find that there is SOMETHING ELSE ON THE END OF THIS RECORDING! It's interrupted by a "never-ending" collaborative story. Where did that come from? I wanted to hear the end of the poem... Try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAO3QTU4PzY
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