Marianne Moore: October 18, 1957

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The Poetry Center presents Marianne Moore reading from her Collected Poems and The Fables of La Fontaine.

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The Poetry Center
Location
UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Date
10/18/1957
Total Run Time
00:59:00
Contributor
Mark Schorer
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  • Mark Schorer introduces Marianne Moore (00:00)
  • Marianne Moore makes introductory remarks (05:33)
  • Remarks on "The Chameleon" (07:31)
  • "The Chameleon" (08:28)
  • Remarks on "The Horizon" (09:00)
  • "A Face" (09:31)
  • "Nine Nectarines" (10:57)
  • Remarks on "Nine Nectarines" (13:13)
  • Remarks on Yeats and rhythm (14:16)
  • Remarks on "When I Buy Pictures" (14:51)
  • "When I Buy Pictures" (15:43)
  • Remarks on "Rigorous" (17:33)
  • "Rigorous" (18:31)
  • Remarks on "A Carriage from Sweden" (20:30)
  • "A Carriage from Sweden" (21:04)
  • "Propriety" (23:43)
  • Remarks on "Propriety" (25:02)
  • "Armor's Undermining Modesty" (26:24)
  • Intermission (29:30)
  • "In Distrust of Merit" (31:26)
  • "The Labors of Hercules" (36:39)
  • Remarks on "Values in Use" (38:14)
  • "Values In Use" (40:38)
  • "What Are Years" (42:22)
  • "Silence" (43:39)
  • Remarks on "The Pot of Clay" and "The Pot of Iron" (45:19)
  • "The Pot of Clay" (45:46)
  • "The Turkeys" (47:40)
  • "The Head and Tail of the Serpent" (50:20)
  • Remarks on "The Head and Tail of the Serpent" (52:22)
  • "The Cat and Mouse" (53:49)
  • Applause (55:12)
  • Remarks on "Nevertheless" (56:32)
  • "Nevertheless" (57:15)

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