The Poets of the Second World War
Wed 15 Jan 2025, 1:00 pm - Wed 12 Feb 2025, 3:00 pm
While the poets of the 1914-18 War are justifiably well known and celebrated, those writers who covered the 1939 conflict are less well known. This five-week course will address that! We will cover poets such as Keith Douglas, Roy Fuller and Charles Causley amongst others and consider if, like Owen’s famous dictum declared, ‘the poetry is in the pity’ still.
Event Information
Price: £75.0
Course Weeks: 5
Room: Weston Room
Campaign: Spring Term 2025
Your Tutor
Name: Steven Pollard
Bio: Brought up in Hampshire, Steven read English Literature at Oxford University where he was heavily involved in drama, including producing the World Premiere of Samuel Beckett’s ‘Lessness’. On graduation he embarked on a career in teaching, working in places as disparate as Sudan, Ethiopia and East Sussex before spending 22 years as Head of English at Kimbolton School. When he retired from school teaching he moved to teaching adults as well as chairing a Riding for the Disabled group. More importantly he also was able to get a season ticket at Portsmouth FC!
Department: Humanities
