OLD SPARK OF THE BLOOD -HEAT Ted Hughes and the myth world with Hugh Lupton and Martin Shaw May 1-3rd, 2015, Dartmoor, £240 residential. To book places email: tina.schoolofmyth@yahoo A weekend delving into the myths that inform the poetry of Ted Hughes, and walking the landscape that inspired him. We will gath- er on Dartmoor to explore the fundament of Hughes’s imagination. With oral storytelling, ancient poetry, and the visceral wilds of the moor, this will be an essential gathering for all lovers of Hughes, myth, and nature. Hugh Lupton is one of Britains leading storytellers, and author of many books, including; “The Ballad of John Clare”. He co-founded the influential Company of Storytellers in 1985, and has gained a reputation for bringing the revival of the oral tradition to audiences all over the world. Dr. Martin Shaw is a mythologist and storyteller. Author of “Snowy Tower: Parzival and the wet, black branch of language”, he devised and led the oral tradition course at Stanford university. He is director of the west country !school of myth, and a visiting fellow at Schumacher college.
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