Been working hard on the Masters but must mark the bicentenary of one of my favourite authors! Just joined the world online Dickens conference to be held on 7 - 8th March so looking forward to that; also attending a talk by one of his biographers on Thursday at Blackwells which will no doubt be interesting.
On another note, I have been listening to the forgetten and newly found Harvard lectures by Jorge Borges from 1967 - the joys of technology. I share some of his thoughts from his first lecture,
The Riddle of Poetry - "Beauty is all about us";"poetry creates itself"; "Life is made of poetry if poetry is a passion";"poetry is a new experience every time as language itself is shifting" - to hear this gently spoken man of 70 discuss his thoughts on poetry is inspiring. Here is the link to his series of 6 lectures entitled The Craft of Verse. http://thefunambulist.net/2011/08/18/literature-lectures-of-jorge-luis-borges-at-harvard-in-1967-68-on-ubuweb/
On another note, I have been listening to the forgetten and newly found Harvard lectures by Jorge Borges from 1967 - the joys of technology. I share some of his thoughts from his first lecture,
The Riddle of Poetry - "Beauty is all about us";"poetry creates itself"; "Life is made of poetry if poetry is a passion";"poetry is a new experience every time as language itself is shifting" - to hear this gently spoken man of 70 discuss his thoughts on poetry is inspiring. Here is the link to his series of 6 lectures entitled The Craft of Verse. http://thefunambulist.net/2011/08/18/literature-lectures-of-jorge-luis-borges-at-harvard-in-1967-68-on-ubuweb/
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