Mark Ford and Seamus Perry return for the final episode in their Close Readings series, Modern-ish Poets, looking at 19th and 20th century poetry. On the centenary of the publication of Eliot’s ‘The Waste Land’ in book form, Mark and Seamus consider how revolutionary the poem was, the numerous meanings that have been drawn out of it, and its lasting influence.
This is the final episode from series two of Modern-ish Poets. To listen to series one, and our other Close Readings series, sign up to our Close Readings subscription: https://lrb.me/closereadings
Series one of Modern-ish Poets looks at Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Hardy, Stevie Smith, A. E. Housman, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Robert Lowell.
