The “Poet” and “Poetry”

 

August 22-26

Anglo-Saxon visions of the poet

August 29-September 2

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

September 7-9

A new vision from the Renaissance

September 12-16

On the cusp of a new sensibility

Poets and the organization of society

 

September 19-23

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

September 26-30

“Authority,”  “gentility” and “courtesy”

October 3-7

The Problems with Kings

October 10

The Critical Poet

The World of the Spirit

 

October 12-14

The Consolation of Salvation

October 17-21

Exploiting the Consolation of Salvation

October 24-28

The secular and the divine: Donne’s metaphysical poetry

October 31-November 4

The Neoclassical synthesis

The Individual

 

November 7

The isolated individual

November 9-11

Personal Responsibility

November 14-18

The Republic and the realization of the citizen

November 21-30

The Neoclassic vision