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Phoenix and the Turtle (1957-12-12)
About this film
In this last episode, "Professor and Lowell Television Lecturer at Harvard University" I. A. Richards reads and discusses Shakespeare's "The Phoenix and the Turtle." He sits at a desk and addresses the camera; texts read at length scroll down the screen. Richards recaps the themes of truth and beauty, love and knowledge that have recurred throughout the series as he closely reads the obscure allegorical poem. Summary and select metadata for this record was submitted by John Marx & Mark Cooper.
Directors & creators
WGBH Educational Foundation
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, William Shakespeare, The Phoenix and the Turtle, I. A. Richards, Poetry Analysis, Literary Criticism, The Sense of Poetry, English Literature, Renaissance Literature, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Allegory, Symbolism, Phoenix (Mythology), Turtle Dove, Metaphysical Poetry, Love and Death, Educational Television, Harvard University, Poetic Interpretation, Chastity, Literary Theory, 16th Century Poetry, Classical Mythology, Poetic Structure
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