Bennett, C. and Chilcott, B. (2010) Swimming Over London. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 9780193369917. [Also included in a musical CD, published by Signum Records, 2010, performed by The King's Singers]
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Abstract:
SWIMMING OVER LONDON
A woman is swimming over London,
a fox turns up his face to see her pass,
there are blackbirds in the sleeping streets,
a pear tree, luminous with blossom:
it’s the dream she always has,
the dream where she’s touching a cloud –
The night is a tide she is pulled by
while a taxicab slumbers underneath,
and a robin is a fish who sings
from a treetop of coral below her:
it’s the dream she always has,
the dream where she’s dancing through air –
Aerials point like signposts
until all the houses are gone,
and fields give way to a beach
where the ocean is calling her name:
it’s the dream she always has,
the dream where she’s swimming over London –
where she sings to the stars like a mermaid
and darkness is a murmur in her hair.
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Musical depiction of the dreamscape created in Charles Bennett's text
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Creators:
Bennett, C. and Chilcott, B.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
Research Centres > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
Research Centres > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Date:
27 May 2010
Date Type:
Publication
Place of Publication:
Oxford
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780193369917
Status:
Published / Disseminated
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