The Wordsworth Winter School,
16-21 February 2009
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At Forest
Side, Grasmere
a convivial
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The Wordsworth Winter School,
16-21 February 2009
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At Forest
Side, Grasmere
a convivial
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The theme for 2009:
Paradise Regained?
The "Recluse" Project,
from "The Two-Part Prelude" to "The Excursion"
Lectures are likely to include
The Two-Part Prelude
Sublimity in The Prelude
Jane Stabler (St Andrews) on 'Something' in The Prelude
Down and Out in London and Paris
Richard Gravil (Director) on Home at Grasmere and Wordsworth's 'High
Argument'
Coleridge in The Prelude and The Excursion
David Chandler (Doshisha University) on The Lake District in The Excursion
'A Day in Heaven': The Excursion according to Lamb
This
programme will be completed at the close of the summer conference
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Wordsworth Winter School, which has run annually since
1982, devotes four full days of lectures,
discussions and readings to immersion in the poetry of Wordsworth
and his contemporaries. There are two lectures, a seminar and a
poetry reading on each of the main days. Afternoons are devoted to a
special event, a walk or
an excursion, exploring Grasmere and its surroundings, in their rich
winter colours.
Accommodation and all events are at Forest Side Hotel, fifteen minutes walk from Wordsworth’s home at Dove Cottage. The registration fee is £125 (£112.50 for Friends of the Foundation) which is also payable by non-residents. Accommodation is limited and you are advised to book early using the registration form (see registration button below). Please note that we may not be able to accept bookings for less than the full period and that there is a fee of £50 for non-participants accompanying participants. Accommodation Prices range from £215 (basic) to £300 (superior rooms) - exceptional value for five nights full board (dinner, bed and breakfast and packed lunch). There is also a daily rate of £32 (with meals) or £55 with dinner and packed lunch. For the Venue, the 2008 Programme (by way of example), a Gallery and the Registration form (with Google payment buttons), please see the links below.
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Further information may be obtained from The Director, Richard Gravil ◘ richardgravil@hotmail.com The Administrator, Fiona Gravil ◘ wordsworth_conferences@hotmail.co.uk |
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