Percy Bysshe Shelley: Work, Life & Love-An Introduction-West Bridgford Library-Community Learning

About this course

To celebrate the bi-centenary of Shelley’s death we will look at how his short, eventful life and his politics are reflected in his work and how that work can speak to us today. 

What will be covered on the course 

Against the cultural and political background to Shelley’s time we will look at his life, what shaped his thinking and how he became one of the greatest poets ever to have written in English. Each session we will look at least one poem or part of a longer work in depth both for its own sake and order to illuminate the choices he made and especially his political thinking.  

We will look at the women who helped to shape him ( and what they had to put up with!) and well as the poets whose lives intersected with his, Byron, Keats and others

By the end of this course, learners will: 

• Have gained an overview of Shelley’s life and times 
• Gained insights and ways of approaching a selection of his work 
• Gained an understanding of his political thinking and his influence on others 
• Developed a confident critical vocabulary in looking  at and discussing a poem 
• Developed a capacity to enjoy poems which may at first seem difficult 

You will need:

• Pens and paper 

Suggested Reading for the course  

• Shelley- The Pursuit, Richard Holmes, Harper Perennial. 1991 978-0140158809 
• Red Shelley. Paul Foot, Bookmarks, 1984 ISBN-13 978-0906224137 
• A complete or selected volume of Shelley’ poetry

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course  please visit our webpage for further information  https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

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• Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
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