This Summer: Poetry and Song at Burnt Norton

	Share on Facebook E-mail to Friend StumbleUpon Digg		August 27 - September 4, 2011 Join the Academy and Princeton professor Nigel Smith for a week-long course on Poetry and Song since 1945, featuring conversations with Paul Muldoon and other poets, and a series of concerts, performances, and excursions through England's Cotswold's region. For registration details and program materials, visit www.poets.org/poetryandsong. Poets and Lyricists A daily seminar with Nigel Smith, Professor of Literature at Princeton, will explore the work of modern poets and songwriters, including Emily Dickinson, Cole Porter, William Butler Yeats, Paul Simon, Edward Hirsch, Bob Dylan, Philip Levine, Ira Gershwin, Walt Whitman, and Joni Mitchell. This unique travel learning experience will feature: • A conversation with Paul Muldoon about his work and the different ways in which he approaches the writing of poems and song lyrics; • A reading and concert by Paul Muldoon and his band Wayside Shrines; • A gala dinner in the Clocktower Room at Burnt Norton, hosted by Lord and Lady Harrowby, the owners of the estate; • A reading of Eliot's "Burnt Norton," accompanied by a performance of Beethoven's String Quartet in A Minor (Opus 132), the musical inspiration for Eliot's poem; • A tour of the gardens at nearby Hidcote Manor, the first property acquired by the National Trust specifically for its garden. The week will also include leisurely walks through the countryside, picnics in the Burnt Norton gardens, and visits to the shops, restaurants, pubs, and historic sites of Chipping Campden and other scenic Cotswold villages. Additional Information This unique summer travel experience costs $1995 per person. Register by phone at (212) 274-0343 x 21. For more details, including registration information, visit www.poets.org/poetryandsong. The Setting Burnt Norton is located two miles outside of the picturesque Cotswolds village of Chipping Campden, a popular destination for travelers interested in the history and rural charm of the Cotswolds. For poetry lovers, Burnt Norton is deeply associated with T.S. Eliot, who visited the estate and walked the gardens in the mid-1930s and later published the now-famous poem "Burnt Norton," the first of his four great poems in the groundbreaking book Four Quartets. Thanks for being a part of the Poets.org community. Please sign in to subscribe to other Poets.org newsletters, change your email address or unsubscribe from this list at any time. Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901 New York, NY 10038 212-274-0343 academy@poets.org