The Sonnet (Summer term) (LIT 45)

  • Day and time: Friday 10:00 - 11:30
    Fortnightly
  • Length of course: 1 term. Summer (4 Weeks)
  • Number of places: 10
  • Start date: 25 April 2025
  • Description:

    The sonnet is an exquisite and demanding art form. This course will analyse the form and read and discuss sonnets from the four great ages of sonnet-writing – Renaissance, Romantic, Victorian and Early Modern. I will email each week’s sonnets to everyone in time to read ahead.

  • Format: Discussion

  • Tutor: Patricia Loughlan
  • I have long been enchanted by lyric poetry, and have led U3A courses (in Australia) on the sonnet.


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