TS Eliot Festival Literature and Books


A day of talks, lectures and discussions about the works of TS Eliot, in the inspirational grounds of Little Gidding itself

11.00 Doors Open
11.25 Welcome

11.30 Little Gidding: Such things as seem of least and most importance
A lecture by Jim McCue, one of the co-editors of the acclaimed critical edition of Eliot’s Poems

12.45 The Complete Prose of TS Eliot
A report by Jewel Spears Brooker from the award-winning international project

1.00 Lunch

2.00 An Investigation into Eliot and Motherhood
Matthew Geary talks on TS Eliot and the Mother

3.00 Eliot on Radio 4
BBC Commissioning Editor Jeremy Howe discusses their readings of Eliot’s poetry

4.00 A special reading of Little Gidding at Little Gidding

4.30 Departure

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Date(s)10 Jul 2016
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VenueLittle Gidding
AddressFerrar House, Little Gidding, Cambridgeshire,
PE285RJ

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Event Details

Date10 Jul 2016
Time(s)11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Cost£35 one day, £15 students
VenueLittle Gidding
Ferrar House
Little Gidding
Cambridgeshire
PE285RJ
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CategoryLiterature and Books


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