Wednesday, April 6, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Landscape, Poetry, and Ecology: Romanticism at Innisfree, Online
Help Innisfree Garden celebrate National Poetry month on April 6 at6 1 pm with poet Paul Kane, who will discuss the convergence of poetry, nature, and ecology in Romantic ideology and how these ideas can be read in the Innisfree landscape. A professor of English and Environmental Studies at Vassar College, Paul is a scholar of both American and Australian literature. He writes primarily on the work of the Transcendentalists, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, but also focuses on contemporary poetry and criticism. A recipient of NEH and Guggenheim fellowships, Paul has published numerous books, edited others, and has been included in various anthologies of poetry and critical essays. He has been bringing his students to Innisfree for many years. Free for Innisfree members, $15 for nonmembers. Register HERE. The talk will be on Zoom.
