Landscape, Poetry and Ecology: Romanticism at Innisfree | with Paul Kane

Help celebrate National Poetry month 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. Aprofessor of English and Environmental Studies at Vassar College, Paul isa 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.Arecipient 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.

Webinar via Zoom. Links will be sent out shortly before event start.