TTC - Allen Grossman - Poetry: A Basic Course (The Teaching Company)

Allen Grossman is a noted American poet, critic and professor. Grossman explains the art of poetry in this classic lecture series. For any interested in the history of ideas.

Tape 1A- London Bridge is falling down- Poetry and Social Formations
Tape 1B- London Bridge is falling down- Poetry and Social Formations
Tape 2A- The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spence- Common Measure and Justice
Tape 2B- The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spence- Common Measure and Justice
Tape 3A- Shakespeare's "The Phoenix and Turtle"-- On difficulty: The meaning and structure of difference
Tape 3B- Shakespeare's "The Phoenix and Turtle"-- On difficulty: The meaning and structure of difference
Tape 4A- Milton's "Avenge, O Lord"- Poetry, Religion and the Rationality of Experience
Tape 4B- Milton's "Avenge, O Lord"- Poetry, Religion and the Rationality of Experience
Tape 5A- Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale"-- Poetic Knowledge and the Founding Narratives of Poetic Practise
Tape 5B- Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale"-- Poetic Knowledge and the Founding Narratives of Poetic Practise
Tape 6A- Dickinson's "I cannot live with you"-- Difference and the Work of Love
Tape 6B- Dickinson's "I cannot live with you"-- Difference and the Work of Love
Tape 7A- Yeats' "Among school Children"-- Secular Education and the Reproduction of Poetic Knowledge
Take 7B- Yeats' "Among school Children"-- Secular Education and the Reproduction of Poetic Knowledge
Tape 8A- Robert Lowell's "Skunk Hour" and Elizabeth Bishop's "The Armadillo"-- A post-modern dialogue on peotry, history and truth
Tape 8B- Robert Lowell's "Skunk Hour" and Elizabeth Bishop's "The Armadillo"-- A post-modern dialogue on peotry, history and truth


http://rapidshare.com/files/370129318/TTC-POET-ABASCOURS.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/370133086/TTC-POET-ABASCOURS.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/370136517/TTC-POET-ABASCOURS.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/370139714/TTC-POET-ABASCOURS.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/370143209/TTC-POET-ABASCOURS.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/370144364/TTC-POET-ABASCOURS.part6.rar