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About this title: The opening segment explains that one of the many contributions Dante made to European and world literature, was the concept of the "Muse", the Beatrice he followed to the Gates of Hell in "The Divine Comedy". His use of "tercets" was his greatest contribution to the narrative structure of European Poetry. "The Erlking", with it's contrasting views of nature and fate, is featured as Goethe's main contribution to the European poetic tradition. The focus of the third segment is Baudelaire's theme of the dehumanizing impact of the Industrial Revolution. "Les Fleurs du Mal" and other poems provide several examples of his use of symbolism to capture the truths of human experience in an urbanized world. Rilke also expressed the degrading impact of modernity but captured a transcendent reality beyond mechanized experience. Born in turbulent times, Russian poet, Joseph Brodsky, expressed universal themes of loss, emptiness, being and non-being, themes that gave his poetry a universal appeal.
About the Series: Showcasing the lives and works of over 50 of the greatest poets from around the world, this eight part series takes you on a literary journey into the depths of the human soul. Shot on location, this series features scholarly interviews and dramatic poetry readings from Shakespeare, Dante, Goethe, Byron, Frost, Neruda, Gibran, and many more. Great Poets of the World illustrates why poetry, like no other literary form, has been part of the human experience since the dawn of time.
About the Series: Showcasing the lives and works of over 50 of the greatest poets from around the world, this eight part series takes you on a literary journey into the depths of the human soul. Shot on location, this series features scholarly interviews and dramatic poetry readings from Shakespeare, Dante, Goethe, Byron, Frost, Neruda, Gibran, and many more. Great Poets of the World illustrates why poetry, like no other literary form, has been part of the human experience since the dawn of time.
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Subject
Poetry -- History and criticism, Poetics, Dante Alighieri, -- 1265-1321. -- Divina commedia -- Criticism and interpretation, Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, -- 1749-1832 -- Criticism and interpretation, Baudelaire, Charles, -- 1821-1867. -- Fleurs du mal -- Criticism and interpretation, Rilke, Rainer Maria, -- 1875-1926 -- Criticism and interpretation, Brodsky, Joseph, -- 1940-1996 -- Criticism and interpretation, European poetry -- History and criticism, Symbolism in literature
Series
Great Poets of The World
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Duration
00:29:03 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Target or Intended Audience
intermediate (grades 7-9), higher education, high school (grades 10-12), college, adult/continuing education
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2014-01-01
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