Our venue for 19-21 October 2012, will be the atmospheric Halsway Manor, Crowcombe, in the heart of Coleridge's Somerset, on the edge of the Quantock Hills; our topic, Lyrical Ballads. The topic is stimulating, the atmosphere relaxed and informal, there are optional outings and walks. Our aim is to make these weekends enjoyable and accessible for anyone with an interest in Coleridge.
PREVIOUS AUTUMN STUDY WEEKENDS:
2011 Coleridge: Biographia Literaria
Speakers: Graham Davidson, Nigel Dodd, Trevor Hart, Robin Schofield, Kathleen Wheeler
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Helen
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2010 Coleridge: Science and Poetry
Speakers: David Fairer, Tim Fulford, Richard Holmes, Sharon Ruston, Neil Vickers
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2009 Home to Coleridge
Speakers: Andrew Keanie, Tom Mayberry, Lynda Pratt, Justin Shepherd, Shirley
Watters
with Table Talk: An Evening with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Dennis
Harkness Programme
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2008 Coleridge's Religious Imagination
Speakers: Kenneth Boyd, David Fairer, Gregory Leadbetter, Cecilia Powell,
John Powell Ward, Mary Wedd
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2007 Coleridge from his Notebooks
Speakers: Paul Cheshire, Graham Davidson, Josie Dixon, Seamus Perry, Pamela Woof
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2006 Coleridge and the Drama
Speakers: Joyce Crick, Reg Foakes, Jim Mays, Chris Murray
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2005 The Conversation Poems
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2004 'Christabel', 'Kubla Khan', 'The Pains of Sleep'
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