tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post1121520850317873692..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: From a forthcoming broadcast on W G SebaldGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-85164078933418702202012-01-04T21:46:32.527+00:002012-01-04T21:46:32.527+00:00All five essays are still available via iPlayer - ...All five essays are still available via iPlayer - see http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0180hh4<br /><br />Personally I found yours, and that of his former student Uwe Schutte the most compelling and enriching. <br /><br />Too much explanation and analysis doesn't convey that Sebald magic. And besides, who wants it explained? So much better to have it narrated by a poet.Freddie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09914181306688027971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-42544377498104285372011-11-16T01:35:58.548+00:002011-11-16T01:35:58.548+00:00Thanks George. I love the "shimmer".
I ...Thanks George. I love the "shimmer". <br />I gather the broadcasts are going out week beginning 5 December, part of the Radio 3 Essay series. My sources tell me the line up is as follows:<br />Monday: Christopher Bigsby - Not Responsibility: Shame<br />Tuesday: Uwe Schütte - Teaching by Example<br />Wednesday: Anthea Bell - WG Sebald: a Translator's View<br />Thursday: George Szirtes - WG Sebald the Poet<br />Friday: Amanda Hopkinson - A History of a Memory or a Memory of History?<br /><br />Looking forward to hearing the essay in full!Jonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-20405077034261994882011-11-11T19:59:50.104+00:002011-11-11T19:59:50.104+00:00Sebald is an author whom I adore. 'The Emigran...Sebald is an author whom I adore. 'The Emigrants' stays on mind, years after I had read it. I'm so glad to come across this post - excerpts from your talk sounds really good. I'm yet to read his poems though.Jose Varghesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350131287578876247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-69704801740401377472011-11-11T19:58:22.274+00:002011-11-11T19:58:22.274+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jose Varghesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350131287578876247noreply@blogger.com