Episode 173: By Heart: On Memory, Poetry, and Form
In this computerized age, we tend to see memory as a purely cerebral faculty. To memorize is to store information away in the brain in such a way as to make it retrievable at a later time. But the old expression "knowing by heart" calls us to a stranger, more embodied and mysterious take on memory. In this episode, Phil and JF endeavour to recite two poems they've learned by heart, as a preamble to a discussion on poetry, form, and the magic of memory.
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REFERENCES
\n\nSamuel Taylor Coleridge, \u201cKubla Khan\u201d
\nElizabeth Barrett Browning, \u201cA Musical Instrument\u201d
\nDave Hickey, \u201cFormalism\u201d from Pirates and Farmers
\nWeird Studies, Episode 109-110 on \u201cThe Glass Bead Game\u201d
\nSamuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literaria
\nWeird Studies, Episode 42 with Kerry O Brien
\nFrancis Yates, Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition