Where I browse on the web
which should lead on to pastures new
Some sites to behold...
SpokenVerse
I discovered this channel years ago. Tom O'Bedlam reads many famous poems and some lesser known ones too. He has a very distictive voice; one girl I taught thought his delivery was 'scary'! The illustrations are often helpful. The text is provided which is a bonus. Sadly, he has not published anything for quite a few years. I fear he is no more.
Benjamin McEvoy
From Ben's blurb: If you like this kind of bookish content, you will love the Hardcore Literature Book Club and Podcast. Deep dives into the greatest books ever written, provocative poems, evocative epics, and life-changing literary analyses. We don’t just read the great books - we live them. Together we’ll suck the marrow out of Shakespeare, Homer, and Tolstoy.
Emma Smith et al
Rather than providing overarching readings or interpretations, the series aims to show the variety of different ways we might understand Shakespeare, the kinds of evidence that might be used to strengthen our critical analysis, and, above all, the enjoyable and unavoidable fact that Shakespeare's plays tend to generate our questions rather than answer them.
SpokenVerse
I discovered this channel years ago. Tom O'Bedlam reads many famous poems and some lesser known ones too. He has a very distictive voice; one girl I taught thought his delivery was 'scary'! The illustrations are often helpful. The text is provided which is a bonus. Sadly, he has not published anything for quite a few years. I fear he is no more.
Benjamin McEvoy
From Ben's blurb: If you like this kind of bookish content, you will love the Hardcore Literature Book Club and Podcast. Deep dives into the greatest books ever written, provocative poems, evocative epics, and life-changing literary analyses. We don’t just read the great books - we live them. Together we’ll suck the marrow out of Shakespeare, Homer, and Tolstoy.
Emma Smith et al
Rather than providing overarching readings or interpretations, the series aims to show the variety of different ways we might understand Shakespeare, the kinds of evidence that might be used to strengthen our critical analysis, and, above all, the enjoyable and unavoidable fact that Shakespeare's plays tend to generate our questions rather than answer them.