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The Lost Poetry of World War II:

A Seminar with Daniel Swift

Nov 20, 2010 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Daniel Swift

Daniel Swift, the author of Bomber County: The Poetry of a Lost Pilot’s War and a professor of English at Skidmore College, examines poems written in response to the bombing campaigns of World War II and contemplates the role of poetry as a means of moral witnessing and historical testimony. Texts include the poetry of Dylan Thomas, Louis MacNeice, Randall Jarrell and John Ciardi, as well as extracts from the diaries of Virginia Woolf.

Admission $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members Location Kray Hall Sponsored By Poets House

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Date:
Nov 20, 2010
Time:
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm