Culture The Guardian — Culture · 2026-10-02T06:00:11Z · 1 min read

Rhapsody: A Manifesto by Alice Oswald review – a history of the spoken word, from Homer to Ted Hughes

A twisting, beguiling investigation into the art of poetry that ends in a call to arms on behalf of the natural world The poet Alice Oswald is no stranger to thinking in public about her art. She was Oxford professor of poetry until 2023, and her lectures are available online. But this is her first full-length book, and as such is something of an occasion. So what exactly is it? For a work of prose it contains a lot…

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