Monday, March 31, 2008

Easter 2008


















This term we will be exploring science and poetry.

In the first three meetings, we will look at Robert Crawford (ed.), Contemporary Poetry and Contemporary Science (OUP, 2006). A copy of the book is available on reserve in the Whipple Library. We will explore the whole book, but in particular the following:


28 April
  • Miroslav Holub, "Rampage, or Science in Poetry" (pp. 11-24).
  • Robert Crawford, "Biology", with introduction by Rona R. Ramsay (pp. 69-71).

12 May
  • Jocelyn Bell Burnell, "Astronomy and Poetry" (pp. 125-140).
  • John Burnside, "Steinar Undir Steinahlithium", with introduction by R. M. M. Crawford (pp. 107-109).

26 May
  • Kay Redfield Jamison, "Contemporary Psychology and Contemporary Poetry: Perspectives on Mood Disorders" (pp. 191-203).
  • Paul Muldoon, "Once I looked into your eyes", with introduction by Warren S. Warren (pp. 167-169).

Please feel free to bring along other poems that you would like to discuss...


9 June
  • The final meeting will be a creative writing workshop.
  • Please bring along your own poems and writings! We hope to have a creative writing tutor present, to facilitate the discussion.

We meet on Mondays from 7.30 to 9pm in the upstairs seminar room of Darwin College. All are welcome!

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