How to Read a Poem like C.S. Lewis (And Fall in Love with Poetry) (Mini-Class)

Description

This mini-course is a novel way of introducing literary readers to the most formidable type of literature, lyric poetry, by focusing on those poems that C.S. Lewis admired the most. In addition to providing the literary tools to overcome the obstacles to reading lyric poetry, we will ask why Lewis admired Wordsworth, Herbert, and the metaphysical poets so much. Lewis‘s thought will also guide us on questions like: why is the sonnet the gold standard of lyric poetry? Where does it come from? What does its form mean? Why is poetry before 1800 so difficult for us? What did those poets hope to achieve in their writing?  The goal of this course is to help literary readers overcome the obstacles to reading lyric poetry, so that we can fall in love with poetry by means of reading like Lewis.

Instructor: Dr. Jason Baxter

Dates: Mondays in July, 7-8:30 PM ET (Available Live or Later)

Price: $110 (Non-Refundable)