Three Comedy of Manners novels from the early Twentieth Century
This course is now fully booked. Please contact us if you would like to be placed on the waiting list in case of any cancellations. EM Forster’s, A Room with a View provides a glimpse into Edwardian times. Jump forward … More details …
Calling all Trollopes!
The first two weeks of the course will be spent looking at Miss Mackenzie (1865) who is described as ‘neither beautiful nor clever’ and is plagued by unsuitable suitors when she inherits a sizeable sum of money. This novel is … More details …
A view of the 40s: Green, Euphan Todd & Taylor. Comedies of manners?
Henry Green’s Loving was published in 1945; for 1946 we have Miss Ranskill comes Home, by an author who most people probably think of as a children’s author, Barbara Euphon Todd. Elizabeth Taylor’s A View of the Harbour was published … More details …
On Extended Wings – Six modern American poets
Over the last hundred years American poets have assimilated a huge range of influences including jazz and blues, the new psychologies, advertising, film, and a variety of landscapes from Boston to the Rockies. And while recognising the importance of the … More details …