Details
When: Tuesdays, Oct 20 – Nov 17 1:30 - 3:30 pm
(no class on Nov 25)
Where: The Hampton Inn
Cost: $189.00 for 5 session(s)
Type: In Person
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Instructor: Charles Alexander has taught at Naropa University’s Jack Kerouac School, the University of Arizona, the University of Houston-Victoria, Pima Community College and The Learning Curve.
Charles Alexander
Emily Dickinson, known (perhaps unfortunately?) as “The Belle of Amherst,” is one of the best-loved poets of America, and has become a foundation for a good deal of poetry of the 20th and 21st Centuries. Who was she? In this class, we will look at Dickinson’s biography, her historical context, her letters, and primarily her poetry, from early work such as #63 (“I keep my pledge”) and #80 (“I hide myself”) to the magnificent work of her most prolific period, as in #706 (“I cannot live with You”) and #764 (“My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun”), to some of her latest poems, and even fugitive writings she left on envelopes, napkins, and recipe cards, that have only been found and published in the last 20 years. We will look at the heart of her work and at the details of her craft, to discover why she is one of the great world poets of any time, and why she continues to challenge and inspire poets and readers to this day.