OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
If staff have any questions about the Oxford Events launch, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
Please join us for a book launch to mark the publication of three new studies on modern poetry. We’ll be celebrating – and considering the connections between – the following new monographs:
- Engagements with Aimé Césaire: Thinking with Spirits, by Jason Allen-Paisant (University of Manchester)
- Frank O’Hara’s New York School & Mid-Century Mannerism: Perfectly Disgraceful, by Sam Ladkin (University of Sussex)
- The Poetics of Scale: From Apollinaire to Big Data, by Conrad Steel (University of Oxford)
Between them, these studies offer three views on the evolving significance of twentieth-century poetry and the critical possibilities it generates now. Our intention in bringing them together is to foster dialogue between different archives and different approaches in contemporary poetics and beyond. Please note that although this event will consider writing in both English and French, no knowledge of French will be needed to follow the discussion.
A panel discussion between the authors will be followed by a Q&A and a drinks reception.
Further details on each book can be found at:
global.oup.com/academic/product/engagements-with-aim-csaire-9780192867223?cc=gb&lang=en&;
global.oup.com/academic/product/frank-oharas-new-york-school-and-mid-century-mannerism-9780192866721?cc=gb&lang=en&;
uipress.uiowa.edu/books/poetics-scale
