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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812921803321

Autore

Street Sean

Titolo

The poetry of radio : the colour of sound / / Sean Street

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2012

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-136-50048-0

1-283-45907-8

9786613459077

1-136-50049-9

0-203-14348-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 pages)

Classificazione

G229.1

Disciplina

809/.933558

Soggetti

Radio and literature

Sound - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [124]-132) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Out of the mist -- Poets as radio -- Ghosts in the machine -- Silence : fear and possibility -- The poetics of making -- The radio ballads -- The poetry of the vernacular -- Sound stories -- The natural world -- Sound as poem.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the idea of the poetic in radio and sound as well as the concept of pure sound as poetry, both historically and within a contemporary perspective, examining examples of makers and works internationally.The work examines the development of poetic forms in sound broadcasting historically and geographically through chapters taking narrative themes. It includes primary source material gathered through interviews conducted by the author with distinguished producers and poets.