This week sees Sir Christopher Ricks give the inaugural F.T. Prince Memorial Lecture. These lectures will be given every year in honour of the poet and scholar F.T. Prince, who was one of Southampton’s first English professors. Invited speakers will explore new directions in literary studies, drawing on the English department’s wide range of intellectual interests.
Sir Christopher Ricks, Boston University, is the Warren Professor of the Humanities and Co-Director of the Editorial Institute at Boston University. He taught previously at Oxford, Bristol, and Cambridge, and was Professor of Poetry at Oxford 2004-2009. His lecture, entitled ‘Blaspheming Tongues’, explores the history of blasphemy in poetry from Milton to Prince.
Date: Tuesday 15 October
Venue: Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus
Time: 6pm
To book a place on the lecture, please email Tracy Storey [email protected]. A drinks reception will follow the lecture, all are welcome.
An audio podcast of the lecture will be available at the following web address for 24 hours after the lecture, and then on request.
http://southampton.likn.co/english/news/events/2013/10/15_f_t_prince_memorial_lecture.page