Robert Duncan...A Life in Poetry

Series: Writer in America Series

Duration: 0:29:00

Year Published: 1978

Creator: Constitutional Rights Foundation | Perspective Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Features Robert Duncan discussing his parents, his homosexuality, and his business as a poet. Observes Duncan at his home in San Francisco as he explains that he chooses a poetic form that involves a melody of both sounds and images which affect each other to form a new unit, just as musical notes create new chords and harmonies. Includes Duncan giving visual performances of several of his poems., Features Robert Duncan discussing his parents, his homosexuality, and his business as a poet. Observes Duncan at his home in San Francisco as he explains that he chooses a poetic form that involves a melody of both sounds and images which affect each other to form a new unit, just as musical notes create new chords and harmonies. Includes Duncan giving visual performances of several of his poems.

Complete Record: , Features Robert Duncan discussing his parents, his homosexuality, and his business as a poet. Observes Duncan at his home in San Francisco as he explains that he chooses a poetic form that involves a melody of both sounds and images which affect each other to form a new unit, just as musical notes create new chords and harmonies. Includes Duncan giving visual performances of several of his poems.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.