The task of language in our human evolution and the particular characteristics of English will be the context in which this course offers the opportunity to meet and engage with the work of Rudolf Steiner. In the history of England and of the English language, and in the development of the literature we find many themes that exemplify what Rudolf Steiner describes in the evolution of our consciousness. In this course we will study English in a practical and communicative way as well as developing an approach to the great Logos themes through the living grammar of the language. Shakespeare, Blake, the Romantic Poets, and Eliot will provide rich literary examples of how poetry heralds our destiny, and the culture of our modern age will give us the chance to discern the challenges of this present Michaelic time. We will also consider what it means to celebrate the festivals of the year as an aspect of the Logos, and what the destiny is of English as a world language.(Andrew Wolpert)