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]
| Item Type: | Composition |
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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. |
| Additional Information: | Musical depiction of the dreamscape created in Charles Bennett's text |
| Subjects: |
P Language and Literature > PR English literature > PR6100 2001- M Music and Books on Music > M Music > M1495 Vocal music P Language and Literature > PR English literature > PR500 Poetry |
| Creators: | Bennett, Charles and Chilcott, Bob |
| 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 |
| Date: | 27 May 2010 |
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford |
| Language: | English |
| ISBN: | 9780193369917 |
| Status: | Published / Disseminated |
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| URI: | http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/3062 |
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