Literature Matters: Listening to the Voices of Children in William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience
A public talk by Department of English Professor Emerita Lisa Vargo
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 26
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Grace-Westminster United Church Social Hall, 505-10th St. E., Saskatoon
Free and open to the public
About this event
Listening to the Voices of Children in William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience
with Lisa Vargo
William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience bring together word and visual image in a manner that suggests how complexity lies within simplicity. This talk will introduce Blake’s ideas of innocence and vision and explore how the voice of the child in “The Lamb” and “The Chimney Sweeper” serves as a vehicle for political and social protest. We will put on our “double vision” glasses and have some fun along with enlightenment.
Literature Matters: Literature in the Community is a free public lecture series sponsored by the University of Saskatchewan Department of English.
Info: 306-966-1268 | english.department@usask.ca
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