Winter School

LECTURERS & their topics

Richard Gravil (Wordsworth Conference Foundation) Romantic Weather

David Fairer (Leeds) Wordsworth, Coleridge and Nature's Beguilements
Cecilia Powell (Independent Art Historian) Savage Grandeur and other Sublimes
David Chandler (Doshisha) Southey's Romantic Landscapes

Felicity James (Leicester) The Poem upon the Wye

Chris Simons (ICU, Tokyo) Wordsworth's Topographical Description of the Lake Country

Pamela Woof (The Wordsworth Trust) 'Soft eye-music': Wordsworth's later style

(one further lecture to be announced)

Guided fell walks, Daily excursions, Local walks around Grasmere

The Wordsworth Winter School 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. There are no 'conference papers'. Afternoons are devoted to a special event (in this case a guided visit to the Wordsworth Trust Exhibition on 'Savage Grandeur and Noblest Thoughts: Discovering the Lake District 1750-1820') a walk or an excursion, exploring Grasmere and its surroundings, in their rich winter colours. All events are at Rydal Hall. We do not accept residential bookings for less than the full period. Prices in brackets include the conference fee.

Room Style	Sole use	Shared
Single standard	430	-
Single en suite	510	-
Twin standard	430	390
Twin en suite	510	470
Double en suite	510	470

Non-residential rates are £230 with lunch and £310 with dinner. Attendance by the day is £59 with lunch, or £75 with lunch and dinner, and must be pre-booked). There are also a limited number of subsidised residential places for bona fide students at £275 (inclusive) and four bursaries of £150.

For the Programme, a Gallery and the Registration form (with Google payment buttons), please see the links above and below.

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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