The priest as poet

City Lit

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In London

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    Course

  • Location

    London

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    Different dates available

From Shakespeare’s time to our own, priest-poets have given particularly forceful and poignant expression to both the rewards and the difficulties of faith. This innovative course will illuminate both their visions and their tribulations.

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

Demonstrate understanding of the scope and variety of poetry written by ordained priests.
Identify how the poets’ vocations and circumstances affected – and expressed themselves through – their work.
Appreciate the continuing relevance and importance of this poetry to today’s world.

No. You will be provided with photocopies of the poems to be studied. Bring a pen and paper.

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Course programme

Beginning with the so-called Metaphysicals, we shall consider the very varied testimonies of John Donne, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan and Thomas Traherne. Subsequently we shall study the ways in which the poetry of the likes of George Crabbe, G.M. Hopkins and R.S.Thomas gives voice both to the comforts and the complexities of their vocation and their beliefs.

Teacher explanation; group discussion.

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The priest as poet

£ 49 VAT inc.