PennSound/Washington University Special Collections Department Partnership: Audio Recordings from the Lee Anderson Papers, Washington University in St. Louis

Lee Anderson

1. Introduction and comments on poetic rhythm (7:41): MP3
2. Discussion of the art of listening with comments on Isabella Gardner and Spencer Brown (3:44): MP3
3. Comments on Allen Tate (1:43): MP3
4. Comments on John Crow Ransom (0:36): MP3
5. Comments on Richard Blackburn (0:32): MP3
6. Comments on Conrad Aiken (0:48): MP3
7. Comments on John Hall Wheelock (1:18): MP3
8. Comments on British poetry vs. American poetry (3:42): MP3
9. Suggestions for poetic performance (8:51): MP3

Lee Anderson lecturing on the reading of poetry, from the Lee Anderson Papers, Washington University Special Collections Department, June 26, 1964

1. Introduction and comments on poetic rhythm (11:15): MP3
2. "Lines to a Seagreen Lover" by Isabella Gardner (0:42): MP3
3. "Foundations" by Spencer Brown (1:34): MP3
4. Comments on Spencer Brown the art of listening (3:47): MP3
5. Allen Tate with comments (3:55): MP3
6. John Crowe Ransom with comments (1:54): MP3
7. Conrad Aiken with comments (2:14): MP3

Lee Anderson reading and discussing Robert Frost, May 18, 1961

1. Introduction and comments on Frost's personal life (12:55): MP3
2. "The Axe-Helve" by Robert Frost with analysis (4:50): MP3
3. Comments on Frost's love poems (1:37): MP3
4. Comments on Good/Bad Poetry (4:00): MP3
5. T.S. Eliot excerpt (1:03): MP3
6. Comments on Browning and Tennyson in comparison to Robert Frost (2:18): MP3
7. "Birches" by Robert Frost (3:15): MP3
8. "After Apple-Picking" by Robert Frost (1:58): MP3

John Trimmer

John Trimmer reading from the work of Paul Valery and William Butler Yeats, October 12, 1952

Complete recording (19:36): MP3

Conrad Aiken


Conrad Aiken reading, June 1951 (31:28): MP3

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