Three Modern Female Poets: Cope, Duffy, and Clarke
Wed 18 Sep 2024, 1:00 pm - Wed 23 Oct 2024, 3:00 pm
This course will explore the poetry of three of the finest poets of the past fifty or so years: Wendy Cope, Carol Ann Duffy, and Gillian Clarke. The three poets are hugely varied in subject matter and approach, but each is also both interesting and accessible. We will spend two sessions discussing each poet.
Event Information
Price: £90
Course Weeks: 6
Room: Garden Room
Campaign: Autumn Term 2024
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!
