Speaking: Hay Festival: The Uses of Poetry, 24 May 2003

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Series[UMA-SRE-20170009] SPEAKINGAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2017000900423Scope and ContentContains: Invitation and correspondence on Greer participation in the Guardian Hay Festival, 23/5-1/6 2003: Play on words. Greer gave lecture 24/5/2003, titled 'The Uses of Poetry', for fee of £1500 plus travel. Includes laser print of typescript of lecture, 13 pages unnumbered, begins: "The Uses of Poetry. This lecture is an attempt to answer the question 'What is poetry for?'', lecture includes examples of the rose in poetry, by William Blake, Shakespeare etc.; lecture preparation including photocopies of poems and 3 overheads of poems, book extract, one page handwritten notes; 2 pages from programme with Greer event. Correspondence includes email from Peter Florence asking Greer to sign (jointly with Margaret Atwood and Louis de Bernieres) an appeal letter to raise money for the ongoing financial stability of the Hay Festival. Correspondents: Carol Horne (for Germaine Greer); Peter Florence, The Hay Festival; Sara Hulse, Gillon Aitken Associates; Kate Burvill, Thames & Hudson; Clare Purcell, Artist Manager, The Hay Festival. Subjects: Lectures and lecturing; Poetry--History and Criticism; Hay-on-Wye Festival; Fund raisingAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2017.0009 Unit 0013

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CreatorGreer, GermaineRoleProvenance

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Date6 February 2003-June 2003

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Speaking: Hay Festival: The Uses of Poetry, 24 May 2003