Literature
Summer 2011
Courses at a glance:
Poetry & Religion: A History in 6 poems
POETRY & RELIGION:
A HISTORY IN 6 POEMS
The course will involve a close study of poems by Herbert, Blake, Hopkins, Eliot, Hill and Larkin and attempt to reveal through representative texts something of the complex relationship between English poetry and religious feeling, experience
and thought. Key individual poems by each of the chosen authors will be examined
in detail and discussed in the context of some of their other work and the work of contiguous poets, such as: Donne, Dickinson, Hardy, Jennings and Duffy. In addition
to textual analysis, discussion will include: the forms and symbolism of religious verse;
vision and experience; the dialogue between faith and doubt; and the situation of
religion and poetry in a secular age.
Recommended Reading
Any good anthology of English Poetry from the Renaissance to the present will contain most, if not all, of the poems to be discussed.
Day: Thursday Time: 10.30am – 12.30pm
Dates: starting 5 May 2011 – 9 June 2011.
Nb. The session on 19 May will be a day school from 10.30am to 3.30pm and include a contribution from and discussion with Terry Biddington, University Chaplain.
Venue:
Vestry Room,
St Peter’s House,
Oxford Road,
Manchester
M13 9GH.
| Price | Concessions |
Minimum No. | Maximum No. |
|---|---|---|---|
£60 |
n/a |
8 |
16 |
Send booking to (preferably at least one month before the start of the course) to:
Barry Wood
12 St Brannock’s Road, Chorlton, Manchester, M21 0UP.
Email: barrywood42@hotmail.com
Novel Discussion Group
We meet and discuss a novel once a month. The novel chosen is usually recently published. This time, the latest Booker winner is included, as well as a novel that will interest those caught up in enthusiasm for the Edwardian era. The format is open, with participants expressing their views about all aspects of the novels. The second session (May 21st) will begin with a talk by Nicholas Murgatroyd M.A.(Cantab) who has written his Ph.D. on Doctorow. He will speak on 'Writing on the Left' (we will then have our usual discussion, so that this session is likely to finish later than 12).
April 23rd, 2011: My Last Duchess, Daisy Goodwin
May 21st, 2011: Book of Daniel, E.L.Doctorow
June 18th, 2011: Brooklyn, Colm Tóibín
July 23rd, 2011: The Finkler Question, Harold Jacobson
Day: Saturday Time: 10-12 am
4 sessions, starting 23 April 2011 - 23 July 2011
Venue:
Friends' Meeting House,
6 Mount Street,
Manchester
M2 5NS
| Price | Concessions |
Minimum No. | Maximum No. |
|---|---|---|---|
£45 |
n/a |
12 |
20 |
Send booking to:
Beech Court, Beech Hall Drive, Macclesfield, SK10 2EF
email: creinam@tiscali.co.uk phone: 01625 - 511581