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The Government of the Tongue:
Appreciating the Poetry of Seamus Heaney (on Zoom)
4 Fridays, Sept 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 10:00 - noon
Seamus Heaney was one of the greatest poets of our era. We'll study his poetry in the context of his growing up in Northern Ireland in the time of The Troubles. The approach to the poems will be informed by Heaney's extraordinary output of literary criticism.
Instructor: Tom Daley
Emerson at Home (in person)
4 Tuesdays, Sept 26, Oct 3, 10, 17, 1:00 - 2:30
Through informal lectures, short readings, and discussion, we will explore the domestic side of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882). We will get to know the writer's family of origin, his second wife, Lidian, and their children, with some emphasis on his most productive years in Concord.
Instructor: Rosalie Davis
The Exploration of Africa: How Africa was opened up by David Livingstone, Richard Burton, other men, a few women, and Africans (on Zoom)
5 Thursdays: Sept 28, Oct 5, 12, 19, 26, 11:00 - 12:30
This course traces the search for the sources of the Nile and Niger Rivers, covers the early cross-continental journeys, and discusses the quest for the legendary Prester John. African guides and authorities will be much more present in this course than they often are.
Instructor: Robert Rotberg
Renaissance Music (on Zoom)
5 Mondays, Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 10:00 - 11:30
Immerse yourself in the glorious music of the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries via the composers, strange instruments, early harmonies, and illuminated manuscripts of Renaissance Europe.
Instructor: Laura Zoll
Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice for our Time (in person)
6 Wednesdays, Oct 4, 11, 18, 25, Nov 1, 8 -9:00 - 10:30
Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice has been called his most controversial play, raising issues of racial, religious, and gender bias embedded in a world divided between wealthy elites and tenuously tolerated outsiders. Discover-- or rediscover-- this complex work. We will use the Folger edition, available on Amazon. Please bring your copy to each class.
Instructor: Elizabeth Kenney
