This morning started well. I was still pleasantly elated from econcert last night. That gave me the umph to get through the rest of my preparations for the afternoon class. That took me up until lunch time, though there was a chance to get a cup of tea from a nearby coffee shop. It isn't Starbucks, though it's across the street from one. It is one of favorite little places to grab a quick coffee or tea when I'm on t run. It's called Caffee Nero. It's just one in a growing chain, but this one is quaint.
Lunch was nothing to write home about, so I won't.
Class started and it was a pleasure. The material being discussed today was Tennyson's "Idylls of the King." Actually, the discussion began with a quick overview of how the Arthurian legend reached the stage it was in when Tennyson wrote his Romantic version. It touched on et nature of an elegy, since Tennyson dedicated his poem to the memory of the then recently deceased Prince Consort, Albert (the beloved husband of Queen Victoria). We reviewed several of the sections of the poem, and explored how they seemed to emphasize teh roles of women from a Victorian perspective. We also discussed how Tennyson's work differed from its main model, Thomas Malory's 15th century work Le Morte d'Arthur. All in all it was an interesting class, despite the heat and stifling air of the classroom.
After class, the faculty gathered for a weekly sojourn into the sideroads of London to search out a place to enjoy dinner. This week, we settled on a Belgian restaurant. The specialty of the house is mussels in a variety of combinations and preparation styles.
Well, there is still some prep work to do to be ready to take my class to Winchester tomorrow. Again, I promise a lot of pictures.
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