Alice Oswald's 'Rhapsody' reviewed — SkimNews
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- Alice Oswald's 'Rhapsody: A Manifesto' is reviewed as 'a twisting, beguiling investigation into the art of poetry' that 'ends in a call to arms on behalf of the natural world.'
- The work spans 'a history of the spoken word, from Homer to Ted Hughes,' according to the review's framing.
- Oswald served as Oxford professor of poetry until 2023, and her lectures on the art are available online.
Why it matters: A poet already established through her Oxford lectureship delivers a work the reviewer frames as both literary-historical (spanning Homer to Ted Hughes) and politically charged, closing with a call to arms for the natural world — signaling Oswald's turn from academic commentary toward explicit environmental advocacy.
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