T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land
Location: The SAP, 1 Daleham Gardens, London NW3 5BY
Dates: 9 March, 16 March & 23 March 2015
20:30 – 22:00
with Toby Brothers
April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Participants will be provided with pre-session reading material and will be asked to read and think about a section of the poem for each event.
The facilitated discussion will use the text of the poem as a springboard for our conversation; participant questions, responses and ideas are welcomed to help navigate the challenges of the work. There is no expectation of previous study or work with the poem nor in the academic tradition: this study will challenge and invigorate the first time reader as well as the life-long lover of T.S. Eliot’s extraordinary vision.
The poem can be found in T.S. Eliot’s Collected Poems 1909-62 (Faber & Faber; ISBN-13: 978-0571105489).
SAP Poetry Series Convenor: Jay Barlow
The course is limited to 12 participants.
Fee: £25 for all three evenings
To Register: http://www.thesap.org.uk/calendar/368/198-T-S-Eliot-s-The-Waste-Land
Toby Brothers, Director of the London and Paris Literary Salons
Toby Brothers (MA Education, Literature) has run the London Literary Salon for the past 10 years. Her experience includes facilitating literary seminars specializing in the most challenging Modernists (Joyce, Woolf, Faulkner, T.S. Eliot) as well as classical works for adults. Her approach uses innovative education techniques that emphasize inclusion and exploration, using each participant’s lived experience and knowledge to build a dynamic reading of the literature. A master teacher and a mentor, she has over 25 years of student-centered teaching and seminar experience in France, the USA, Japan and the UK.
