{"product_id":"9783032289810","title":"Poets on Air Producing Poetry at the BBC, 1950–1966","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePoets on Air\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eProducing Poetry at the BBC, 1950–1966\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNerys Williams\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoets on Air: Producing Poetry at the BBC, 1950–1966\u003c\/em\u003e  examines how three BBC radio producers, D.G. Bridson, Douglas Cleverdon and George MacBeth, collaborated with poets at the Third Programme (later Radio 3) to create new works which frequently pushed the limits and expectations of a more ‘traditional’ poetry reading audience. Nerys Williams argues that radio poets and their producers were attuned to radio’s potential as a disseminator of cultural commentary and narrative of potential political change to a mass audience. Williams considers how the institution sought to respond to and represent new poetic movements between 1950–1966, through the BBC’s Poetry Committee and major BBC Publications \u003cem\u003eThe Listener\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBBC Yearbook\u003c\/em\u003e. Using memos, scripts and sound archive material from the BBC, the book gives context to the reception of individual programmes as well as detailed correspondence, essays, lectures and notes from the producers’ archive holdings. \u003cem\u003ePoets on Air\u003c\/em\u003e reconstructs the collaborative relationship between poet and producer, offering a critical vocabulary that allows us to ‘listen in’ on the broadcast poem, or ‘sound’ work.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"xmsonormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNerys Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor in Poetry and Poetics at the University College Dublin, Ireland.  A Fulbright alumnus, she is the author of \u003cem\u003eContemporary Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e (2011) and \u003cem\u003eReading Error: The Lyric and Contemporary American Poetry \u003c\/em\u003e(2007). She has published extensively on experimental late twentieth and twenty-first century poetic practice as well as the dynamic between poetic performance and radio production. Nerys is also an established poet and  previously worked as a Sound Archivist at BBC Cymru\/Wales. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032289810\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49476894752908,"sku":"9783032289810","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032289810","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}