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Location:
Brunnenburg (Merano) - Italy
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Language of Instruction: English
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Academic Credit Available: Yes
Overview
 The University of New Orleans is pleased to offer the rare opportunity to study the works of Ezra Pound, one of the 20th Century's most influential, innovative and controversial poets. Additionally, a creative poetry writing workshop will be offered. The Brunnenburg Castle in Northern Italy served as Pound's residence during his later years and is currently the home of his grandson, Dr. Siegfried de Rachewiltz.
THESE UNIQUE SEMINARS INCLUDE:
-an intensive study of Pound's works
-lectures by Pound's daughter, Mary de Rachewiltz
-access to the extensive Pound archives at Brunnenburg
-creative poetry writing workshop and tutorials
-program under the direction of Dr. John Gery
-plus 3 weeks in a medieval castle compound in the Italian Alps!
The massive land is restless. Subterranean water jets and pours down hillsides. Springs gave a name to one castle built in 1244 on Roman foundations above a sheer drop where the valley widens: the Castle at the Well, Castel Fontana, Schloss Brunnenburg. . . .
Brunnenburg, with vine terraces on its slopes, with a family in its farmhouse to work its modest lands, belonged in the 1950's to Prince Boris de Rachewiltz, an Italian Egyptologist. . . His correspondence with Ezra Pound commenced because he had married Pound's daughter (broad-browed, amber-headed, her father's image). And Brunnenburg, in July 1958, was the poet's place of return from his Washington exile. He was installed in the tower room below the top one; the archives came up from Rapallo; the Gaudier sketch went on the wall; the Gaudier head was carried by strong men into the garden; he made chairs, shelves, a long table; he set to work on the final typescript of Thrones; he drafted bits for the last run of Cantos. . . . He felt good, he estimated, for 20 more years. "At last I have found a setting."
--From The Pound Era by Hugh Kenner
Academic Credit
Academic credit is available.
University of New Orleans credit for all completed course work.
Eligibility
Undergraduates in good standing, graduate students and non-degree students are eligible to apply. Guest students from other institutions and continuing UNO students must be eligible to enroll for the next semester in good standing. All participants must be eligible to enroll in a 4000-level course (junior, senior status or graduate student) but can be admitted by permission on an individual basis. Foreign students, Americans abroad, teachers and dependents in Europe are also invited to apply. All admitted participants should come prepared to live and work in a rustic environment of close quarters and communal qualities, and be able to demonstrate good health and the ability to walk steep inclines on a daily basis. An official transcript of grades and credits earned will be furnished by the University of New Orleans for all students who fulfill course requirements.
Housing/Accommodation
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Apartment / Flat
Students will stay in the apartment complex located next to Castle Brunnenburg. Students will have single/ double rooms with a shared kitchen.
Program Costs
Program Cost is: $2,395.00* (Program cost it subject to change at this time.)
Costs
Include: Fees include all coursework, credit or non-credit, one or two classes.
Room and board
Transportation from the Munich Airport if part of the group flight.
Some meals
University fees
Comprehensive Medical Insurance Plan
Financial Aid
Yes.
Scholarship are available to University of New Orleans Students
A writing contest is available to everyone interested. Please e-mail the Program Director, William Lavender at bill.lavender@gmail.com for more info on the annual writing contest.
Dates
June 5 - July 1, 2006* (Program dates are subject to change at this time.)
Deadlines
No Application Deadline
Contact
University of New Orleans
Metropolitan College
Division of International Edcuation
2000 Lakeshore Drive
New Orleans, LA 70148
USA
Tel:
001-504-280-7116
Fax:
001-504-280-7317
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