56 Shelley, HD, Yeats, Frost, Stevens – The Poetry of Ruins (with Professor Bill Hogan)
Summary: In 1818, the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley published his classic poem “Ozymandias,” depicting the fallen statue of a once-powerful king whose inscription “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!” has long since crumbled into the desert. A hundred years later, a set of Modernist poets revisited the subject of ruins, injecting the poetic trope with some surprising new ideas. Professor Bill Hogan of Providence College joins Jacke for a look at the treatment of ruins in the poetry of H.D. (1886-1961), William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Robert Frost (1874-1963), and Wallace Stevens (1879-1955).<br> Works Discussed:<br> “Ozymandias” (1818) – Percy Bysshe Shelley<br> “The Walls Do Not Fall” (1944) – H.D.<br> “The Tower” (1928) – W.B. Yeats<br> “The Directive” (1946) – Robert Frost<br> “The Anecdote of the Jar” (1919) and “The Man on the Dump” (1939) – Wallace Stevens<br> Show Notes: <br> Brand new! Check out our Facebook page at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/historyofliterature/">facebook.com/historyofliterature</a>.<br> You can find more literary discussion at <a href="http://www.jackewilson.com/">jackewilson.com</a> and more episodes of the series at <a href="http://www.historyofliterature.com/">historyofliterature.com</a>.<br> Contact the host at jackewilsonauthor@gmail.com or by leaving a voicemail at 1-361-4WILSON (1-361-494-5766).<br> Music Credits:<br> “<a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Advent_Chamber_Orchestra/Selections_from_the_November_2006_Concert/Advent_Chamber_Orchestra_-_04_-_Handel_-_Entrance_to_the_Queen_of_Sheba_for_Two_Oboes_Strings_and_Continuo_allegro">Handel – Entrance to the Queen of Sheba</a>” by Advent Chamber Orchestra (From the <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/">Free Music Archive</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/">CC by SA</a>).<br> <a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Share on Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhistoryofliterature.com%2F56-shelley-hd-yeats-frost-stevens-the-poetry-of-ruins-with-professor-bill-hogan%2F&t=56%20Shelley%2C%20HD%2C%20Yeats%2C%20Frost%2C%20Stevens%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Poetry%20of%20Ruins%20%28with%20Professor%20Bill%20Hogan%29&s=100&p%5Burl%5D=http%3A%2F%2Fhistoryofliterature.com%2F56-shelley-hd-yeats-frost-stevens-the-poetry-of-ruins-with-professor-bill-hogan%2F&p%5Bimages%5D%5B0%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fi2.wp.com%2Fhistoryofliterature.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F08%2Fblitz-ruins.jpg%3Ffit%3D1200%252C630&p%5Btitle%5D=56%20Shelley%2C%20HD%2C%20Yeats%2C%20Frost%2C%20Stevens%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Poetry%20of%20Ruins%20%28with%20Professor%20Bill%20Hogan%29" style="font-size: 0px; width: 48px; height: 48px; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 5px;"></a><a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Share on Twitter" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhistoryofliterature.com%2F56-shelley-hd-yeats-frost-stevens-the-poetry-of-ruins-with-professor-bill-hogan%2F&text=Hey%20check%20this%20out" style="font-size: 0px; width: 48px; height: 48px; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 5px;"></a><a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-google_plus nolightbox" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Share on Google+" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhistoryofliterature."></a>
