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BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is for all listeners who want to know more about the literature which underpins Western civilisation. ...Each week, in four lively, accessible and highly illustrated nightly programmes, a combination of scholars, writers and passionate classicists of every persuasion, explore various aspects of the author in question. 1) Professor Christopher Pelling introduces the work of Sappho - regarded as the greatest female poet of ancient literature - and explains her appeal to contemporary audiences. 2) Writer, critic and academic Margaret Reynolds explores Sappho's sexuality and her erotic poetry - both apparently heterosexual and homosexual. 3) Award-winning Irish poet Eavan Boland recalls her first encounter with Sappho, as a young graduate student at Trinity College Dublin, and how she integrated the persona and poetry of Sappho into her own work. 4) Given that Sappho's work survives only in fragments, classics lecturer Barbara Graziosi explores the appeal of the fragmentary to contemporary audiences.
BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is for all listeners who want to know more about the literature which underpins Western civilisation. ...Each week, in four lively, accessible and highly illustrated nightly programmes, a combination of scholars, writers and passionate classicists of every persuasion, explore various aspects of the author in question. 1) Professor Christopher Pelling introduces the work of Sappho - regarded as the greatest female poet of ancient literature - and explains her appeal to contemporary audiences. 2) Writer, critic and academic Margaret Reynolds explores Sappho's sexuality and her erotic poetry - both apparently heterosexual and homosexual. 3) Award-winning Irish poet Eavan Boland recalls her first encounter with Sappho, as a young graduate student at Trinity College Dublin, and how she integrated the persona and poetry of Sappho into her own work. 4) Given that Sappho's work survives only in fragments, classics lecturer Barbara Graziosi explores the appeal of the fragmentary to contemporary audiences.
| Series: | The Essay: Greek and Latin voices |
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| Original broadcast channel: | BBC Radio 3 |
| Published: | 2008 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:60:00 |
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| Producer: | Beaty Rubens |
| Presenter: | Chris Pelling |
| Contributors: | Eavan Boland; Barbara Graziosi; C. B. R Pelling; Margaret Reynolds |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Subject terms: | Greek poetry; Sappho--Criticism and interpretation |
| Production number: | AUDA279B |
| Available to public: | no |
