The Blue Guitar

• The Wallace  Stevens poem excerpts that we read from in class.
• The 1937 Stevens poem as printed in Poetry.
• The Picasso painting The Old Guitarist from the Art Institute of Chicago.
• David Tannenbaum playing Michael Tippet's "The Blue Guitar".
•  Of the reviews of Banville's book, I've found this one in The Telegraph closer to our discussion.

Nutshell

• Following our discussion, here is Robert Wilson's Hamlet: A Monologue.
• The Making of the Monologue.
• As for the conceit of the smart, sarcastic "youth," don't forget Stewie from Family Guy.

Alice Oswald

• An article in The Telegraph with interview excerpts.
• Discussion with Leonard Lopate.
• Reading from Memorial.