Murdoch University
The Krishna Somers Foundation invites you to a programme with a difference, an end of year celebration of the greatest self-declared bad poet in history, author of the celebrated Poetic Gems and, soon after, More Poetic Gems, both masterworks of this poetic genius of Dundee.
WILLIAM McGONAGALL
Poet and Tragedian
By
Vijay Mishra and Alex Main
Postcolonialist and Literary Historian Psychologist and Comedian
Ably assisted by Mr Spike Milligan (dec.)
When: Monday 21 November 4.30 PM
Where: Education and Humanities 3.41
Appropriate Scottish refreshments will be served
This Krishna Somers seminar will evaluate the contribution of the Dundee weaver to Scottish, European and World letters. Professor Mishra will present a theoretical framework for a deconstructive reading of McGonagall’s verse while Professor Main will performatively enact the power of his poetry.
