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..., concluding with the vivid satirical wit of Dryden. As well as charting the relationship between poetry and the times which gave rise to it, we shall study...
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...The poetry of World War 2 is often overshadowed by that which emerged from the trenches of the First War. However, viewed from a wider, European...
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... the poetry illuminates the times, and vice-versa. Biography: Peter Brennan is a poet, and was for many years Head of English at The Latymer School, Edmonton. He founded Visionary Company courses in 2005, and is Editor-in-Chief of Perdika Press...
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- London
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... feelings that connect and disastrously divide people. Our wider considerations are likely to include ideas about departure and return, migration and ambition. This is a course focused upon Hardy’s evocative writing, and we will trace his power to summon up in his poetry as well feelings of love, attachment...
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- London
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...The course will look at the ways in which poets in the twentieth century were influenced by poetry written in England a thousand years earlier, before the Norman Conquest. How did these poets adopt the stylistic aspects of Old English poetry – its rhythm, stress, and syntax, for example...
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- London
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...It is an introduction to poetry and exploration of how the poet shapes our response. Teacher explanation, group discussion, video and recordings...
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- London
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...The popular use of the digital has transformed the poetry scene, and most poetry publications and poets have their own websites. Everything is online, but where do you start? Which websites should you go to for inspiration? What online tools and avenues are available for publishing and showcasing...
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- London
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...David Constantine will read from his poetry and will also explain how translating from foreign languages has helped him in his own writing...
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- London
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... of history that eradicated almost the entire generation of her literary contemporaries, Tsvetaeva and Mandelstam included. Mandelstam, too, started as an acmeist but by the 1920s was publishing poetry that revelled dangerously in the personal as opposed to following, like so many others, the dictates...
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- London
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...The most human of the elements, earth and air, will lead us into some of the poetry of Wordsworth, Coleridge and Keats, and their meditations on the relations between the individual, nature and society. The course will take place at Keats House in Hampstead...
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- London
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... of his poetry and letters, reflecting on how their creative insights can illuminate our own experience and aspirations...
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- London
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...From Shakespeare to Mary Shelley, from Romantic poetry to Ibsen to Virginia Woolf, this course will enhance your appreciation of literary genres and styles from different periods, developing the rigour and skills of reading and writing that belong to higher level study. Includes three Saturdays...
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- London
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...? Resilience is about how we bounce back from stressful situations without experiencing long term adverse effects. This practical and experiential course will provide you with skills and strategies to build your resilience reservoir through poetry and therapeutic writing. It is for both personal...
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- London
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...endings, and everything in between - Methods to thwart writers’ block. Some exercises will be set and hand-outs analysed, but the main focus will be on students' own work...
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- London
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... Jazz: Young British Poets, World Record: An Anthology and Becoming Poets: The Asian English Experience. She has reviewed for Poetry London, Poetry Review, Asian Review of Books, Magma Poetry and Sabotage Reviews. She has taught as an Associate Lecturer in Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes, and...
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- London
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... important for meaning. We will focus on the key characteristics of the language, and will undertake translation of Old English texts, including prose and poetry. The overall aim is to be comfortable with translation, and understanding effective ways of overcoming issues of interpretation through knowledge... Learn about: English Language, Ms Word...
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- London
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...This short course is designed for you to experience the study of poetry and prose. Poems and short stories will be explored through class readings and discussion in an informal atmosphere. Biographical information: Patricia Sweeney is Programme Coordinator for Literature and Film at City...
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- London
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...Identify the difference between information and opinion. Understand how people's thoughts and emotions are manipulated by advertising techniques... Learn about: Creative Writing...
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- London
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... to be until his untimely death in 1960. BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS: Laurie Smith has taught poetry writing and literature courses at The City Lit for some years, focussing on modernism and writers’ radicalism. He researches and lectures at King’s College London, helped to found Magma poetry magazine...
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- London
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...We explore how Rilke wrestled with some of the deepest issues of the modern spirit, such as the need for non-religious faith and the importance of art to give meaning to life, through writing beautiful, deeply moving poems. TUTOR BIOGRAPHY: Laurie Smith has taught poetry writing and literature...