English & Comparative Literary Studies - Events Calendar
Jack Clemo Seminar
Between 22 and 26 April 2013, the IAS and the departments of Film and Television Studies and English and Comparative Literary Studies will welcome Professor Philip Payton, Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies at the University of Exeter. This Jack Clemo seminar, organised by Emma Mason and Gemma Goodman, is one of a series of events taking place during Professor Payton's visit.
(1916-94) was a Cornish poet, novelist and autobiographer best known for his 'Calvinistic' verse and prose. Much of his work is concerned with his religious outlook in relation to the harsh industrial landscape of the china clay mining region of mid-Cornwall. In recent years there has been increasing academic interest in Clemo's work. During the seminar we intend to discuss a selection of his poetry and prose over a cup of tea, which has been kindly funded by - all are welcome and it is not necessary to have previous knowledge of Clemo's work. The selected readings can be dowloaded below. Please also e-mail Gemma.Goodman@warwick.ac.uk or tweet @GKGoodman1 to confirm your place.
The readings are:
Poems:
'The Water-Wheel'
'Snowfall at Kernick'
'Christ in the Clay-Pit'
'Meteorite'
'Confessional'
'William Blake Notes a Demonstration'
Autobiography/Theology:
'The Bridgehead and Beyond' - chapter 8 of The Invading Gospel (1958)
Novels:
Extracts from The Clay Kiln (2000) - pp.13-15, pp.48-56
Extracts from The Wilding Graft (1948) - pp. 109-111, pp. 187-190, pp. 284-293
This seminar anticipates a two-day Jack Clemo conference taking place at Wheal Martyn, near St Austell, on 31st May and 1st June this year. Accompanying the conference will be a series of public engagement events including film screenings and poetry readings. If you are interested in presenting at the conference or in attending, further details and the call for papers can be found .