The “Poet” and “Poetry”

 

January 19-21

Anglo-Saxon visions of the poet

January 26-28

A critical view of poets and poetry from the 14th century

February 2-4

A new vision from the Renaissance

February 9-11

On the cusp of a new sensibility

Poets and the organization of society

 

February 16-18

The Anglo-Saxon   “ring-giver” and “companions”

February 23-25

“Authority,”  “gentility” and “courtesy”

March 2-4

The Problems with kings

March 9

The Critical Poet

The world of the Spirit

 

March 11

The Consolation of Salvation

March 23-25

Exploiting the Consolation of Salvation

March 30-April 1

The secular and the divine: Donne’s metaphysical poetry

April 6-8

The Neoclassical synthesis

The Individual

 

April 13

The isolated individual

April 15-20

 

Personal Responsibility

April 22-27

The Republic and the realization of the citizen

April 29-May 6

The Neoclassic vision