Poets and nature - Wordsworth, Hardy and Housman

Date:

28 April - 12 May 2026

Time:

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, SY1 2AQ

Wordsworth talk shrewsbury

About this event

Session 1, 28 April - Why is Wordsworth a revolutionary poet?

Session 2, 5 May - How does the natural scene express the meaning of Hardy's poems?

Session 3, 12 May - How is the Shropshire landscape the essential backdrop to tragedy in A Shropshire Lad?

Tickets available from Shrewsbury Library. Exemptions available for students.

£5 per session or £10 for all 3 sessions.

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