This session, led by Edmund Prestwich, covers the poetry of William Butler Yeats. Poems discussed will include:
Easter 1916
Meditations in Time of Civil War
Leda and the Swan
Why Should I Blame You
Memory
Presences
First Love
Fergus and the Druid
The Wild Swans at Coole
A Prayer for My Daughter
Long-Legged Fly
Sailing to Byzantium and the Crazy Jane poems.
The session is free and open to all: please read the poems beforehand - and bring a copy of Yeats’ Selected Poems with you.Visit the online catalogue to reserve books by and about W. B. Yeats from the library. Or find out more about Yeats at the Poetry Archive plus you can also download many of Yeats books for free at Project Gutenberg.
The next session (January 7) is A Hospital Odyssey by Gwyneth Lewis (Bloodaxe), led by Ian Pople.
Saturday 10 December, 10-1
City Library
Becker Room
Eliott House
151 Deansgate
Manchester
M3 3WD
I attended the above course which I enjoyed very much and will certainly be going to more of these courses in the future.
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