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Duration: 10 weeks

Type: Course
Level: Open to all
Location: London

Details

Start date: Tuesday 10th Jan 2012

Session times: Tuesdays, 2-4pm

Cost:

Full cost:£125.00
60+:£100.00
Concs:£75.00

Face to face

Dante's Divine Comedy

Using translations by John Ciardi, Dorothy L Sayers and some starry names from the poetry pantheon alongside the original Italian text, Graham opens up this 100-canto poem of a unique journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise through close reading and discussion, illustrated by the paintings and drawings of Botticelli, Blake, Flaxman, Doré and others. There will be generous handouts, ongoing opportunities for discussion, and plenty of spin-offs for your own writing and further reading.

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Graham Fawcett

Graham Fawcett is a poetry teacher, and a writer and broadcaster on literature and music. Radio programmes include a play, a verse translation of Dante's La Vita Nuova, and features on The Divine Comedy, the Kalevala, Berio and Sanguineti, Venice, Pastoral Poetry, the teaching of creative writing in the US, and Chekhov. He lectures on poetry in Britain, Italy and Spain, translates from Italian and French, and has taught translation at Goldsmiths College for many years. He was co-editor of The Poetry School's second anthology, Entering the Tapestry (Enitharmon, 2003) and is President of the T S Eliot ( UK) Society.

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Access Information

The Poetry School has accessible parking with a front entrance drop-off point. The room used for classes is on ground level and there is adequate space for wheelchair users and an induction loop available upon request. There are fully equipped disabled toilets and an emergency assistance alarm is fitted. For further information please contact the office.

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