Tutor: Paul Murray OP
Cost: €25
Format: 2 live classes
Live class dates: 4 Nov and 11 Nov, 4.30-6.00pm
Mid Term: The Centre will be closed for mid-term break 25-29 October.
T.S. Eliot: Poet and Mystic – Paul Murray OP (A21-27)
€25
Places available!
Places available!
Module Description
Writing towards the end of the 20th century, Ted Hughes spoke of T.S. Eliot as not only “one of the truly great poets” – “the poet of our times” in fact – but also as “a supreme spiritual master”. Not everyone will agree with such astonishing claims but, whether agreeing or disagreeing, let us seize the opportunity, for the space of a few hours, to listen again to the poems, and allow ourselves to be quickened and challenged by their unique genius.
Paul Murray OP: is an Irish Dominican friar and poet. He lives in Rome where he teaches the literature of the mystical tradition. He has written several books, among them: The New Wine of Dominican Spirituality: A Drink Called Happiness; Scars: Essays, Poems, and Meditations on Affliction; God’s Spies: Michelangelo, Shakespeare, and Other Poets of Vision. Later this year he will publish a new book of poems, Moling in Meditation: A Psalter for an Early Irish Monk.
