Posted in events, Virginia Woolf, Woolf Courses, tagged Cambridge, Literature Cambridge, Virginia Woolf, Virginia Woolf and Gardens on Sunday 14 July 2019| 2 Comments »
I took the train up from London a day earlier than necessary for the Literature Cambridge course on Virginia Woolf’s Gardens.
That means we had a bit of time to explore a small parcel of Cambridge, enjoy a lovely tea at Harriets Cafe and Tea Rooms, check in and collect our welcome packets from Trudi Tate and her crew, and — in typical American fashion — load up on some Cambridge swag.
Posted in Woolf Courses, tagged gardens, Literature Cambridge, Virginia Woolf, Woolf Courses on Saturday 13 July 2019| 1 Comment »
Virginia Woolf’s writing Lodge at Monk’s House
Blogging Woolf is on the way to Wolfson College at the University of Cambridge for the Literature Cambridge course Virginia Woolf’s Gardens.
I will be there July 14-19 and will post about my experiences, as we learn about the importance of gardens to Woolf’s life and work, from her early story “Kew Gardens” (1917) to her last novel, Between the Acts (1941).
Other course readings include Jacob’s Room (1922), Mrs. Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), Orlando (1928) and A Room of One’s Own (1929).
Each day of the fully booked course starts with a lecture presented by a leading scholar. A seminar or a Cambridge-style one-hour supervision (tutorial) for small groups of students will discuss the topic of the day, looking closely at that day’s text. Each will be taught by lecturers and post-docs from the University of Cambridge.
Lecturers include Suzanne Raitt, Gillian Beer, Alison Hennegan, Clare Walker Gore, Karina Jakubowicz, Oliver Goldstein, Trudi Tate, Kabe Wilson and Caroline Holmes.
We will also get to view the manuscript of A Room of One’s Own held in Cambridge.
When the course ends, many of us will head out on two excursions — to Monk’s House and Charleston. I visited both sites in 2004 but am eager to go again.
We’ll also have time to explore Cambridge on our own, go punting, discuss literature with other students, and reflect on Woolf, gardens, and more.
Posted in Woolf Courses, Woolf in academia, Woolf Travel, tagged A Room of One's Own, Charleston, gardens, Karina Jakubowicz, Literature Cambridge, Monk's House, University of Cambridge, Virginia Woolf on Wednesday 24 April 2019| 6 Comments »
I made the leap. I signed up to attend the Literature Cambridge course Virginia Woolf’s Gardens this 
Along with others, I will be there July 14-19 learning about the importance of gardens to Woolf’s life and work, from her early story “Kew Gardens” (1917) to her last novel, Between the Acts (1941).
Other course readings include Jacob’s Room (1922), Mrs. Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), Orlando (1928) and A Room of One’s Own (1929).
Each day starts with a lecture presented by a leading scholar. A seminar or a Cambridge-style one-hour supervision (tutorial) for students in groups of three or four follows, taught by lecturers and post-docs from the University of Cambridge to discuss the topic of the day, looking closely at that day’s text.
Lecturers include Suzanne Raitt, Gillian Beer, Alison Hennegan, Clare Walker Gore, Karina Jakubowicz, Oliver Goldstein, Trudi Tate, Kabe Wilson and Caroline Holmes.
We will also get to view the manuscript of A Room of One’s Own held in Cambridge.
When the course ends, I’ll head out on two excursions — to Monk’s House and Charleston. I visited both sites in 2004 but am eager to go again.
Virginia Woolf’s writing Lodge at Monk’s House
We’ll also have time to explore Cambridge on our own, go punting, discuss literature with other students, and reflect, the website tells us.
Hear Caroline Zoob, author of Virginia Woolf’s Garden, interviewed by Literature Cambridge lecturer Karina Jukubowicz.
There is still space available in the course. You can get more information and book online.
‘Everything tended to set itself in a garden where there was none of this gloom.’
– To the Lighthouse.
Posted in events, Woolf Courses, tagged events, gardens, Jane Austen, Literature Cambridge, Orlando, Virginia Woolf on Friday 31 August 2018| Leave a Comment »
• Virginia Woolf’s Gardens, 14-19 July 2019.
• Fictions of Home: Jane Austen to the Present, 21-26 July 2019.
Posted in Woolf Courses, tagged gardens, Jane Austen, Literature Cambridge, Monk's House, Virginia Woolf, Virginia Woolf courses on Monday 6 August 2018| 1 Comment »
Literature Cambridge will offer two interesting summer courses next year.
Virginia Woolf’s writing Lodge at Monk’s House
Virginia Woolf’s Gardens will be held July 14-19. The course will emphasize the importance of gardens to Woolf’s life and work, from her early story “Kew Gardens” (1917) to her last novel, Between the Acts (1941).
Other course readings include Jacob’s Room (1922), Mrs. Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), Orlando (1928) and A Room of One’s Own (1929).
Lecturers include Suzanne Raitt, Gillian Beer, Alison Hennegan, Clare Walker Gore, Karina Jakubowicz, Nadine Tschacksch, Trudi Tate, Kabe Wilson and Caroline Holmes.
An optional visit to Monk’s House and Charleston will be offered.
Fictions of Home: Jane Austen to the Present Day will be held July 21-26 at Wolfson College, Cambridge. The course explores ideas of home in literature, from the early nineteenth century until today, from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey, through Dickens, Katherine Mansfield, and Virginia Woolf, ending with contemporary refugee writers.
The provisional course reading list includes Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1813); Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey (written 1798; published 1817); Charles Dickens, David Copperfield (1850);
Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway (1925); Katherine Mansfield, Collected Short Stories (mainly 1920s);
Viet Nguyen, The Refugees (2017); Viet Nguyen, The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives (2018); David Herd and Anna Pincus, eds., Refugee Tales II (2017).
Instructors include Alison Hennegan, Isobel Maddison, Clare Walker Gore, and Trudi Tate.
Bookings open soon.
