Sonnets: A Brief History
“With this key / Shakespeare unlocked his heart,” Wordsworth said of the sonnet. As a literary form transcending language and time, the sonnet continues to be a common creative ground for poets of all ages. This course will be an introduction to both tradition and innovation in the sonnet form, with examples drawn from different periods of English literary history. Authors canvassed may include Spenser, Sidney, Shakespeare, Lady Mary Wroth, Milton, Charlotte Smith, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Charles G.D. Roberts, Yeats, and Heaney. Attention will be paid to how language, metre, rhyme, and structure all work to produce meaning in a literary form whose reach goes beyond the unlocking of the heart. Class Size: Max. 30
1 Saturday 1:00pm – 4:00pm November 24
LOCATION: Canterbury College, 2500 University Ave. W.
$10 for ElderCollege Members, $25 for non-Members
This course is not included in the Buffet Fee
Instructor: Douglas Kneale Course Manager: Gordon Drake
BIO NOTE: Douglas became Interim President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Windsor on July 1, 2018, after serving as Provost and Vice-President, Academic since 2015. He is an award-winning teacher and scholar of English Renaissance and Romantic literature, and has published widely on Wordsworth, Coleridge, Milton, and others. Before joining the University, he was Dean of Humanities at Brock.