Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Milton — four poets, four poems, one year. Small-group online courses built with the depth and attention these works deserve.
The great epic poems are not difficult because they are obscure — they are deep. Given the right context, the right structure, and the right companions for the journey, anyone can read them and be profoundly moved.
"I teach literature for the same reason Homer sang — because these stories matter, and the ancient flames of the heroes within are worthy of spending a lifetime fanning."
Each course combines pre-recorded lectures, weekly live sessions, and the kind of close attention to the text that most readers never get. Nick handles all enrollment personally.
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Injustice, glory, grief and the price of life. The oldest epic in the Western tradition — read not as ancient history, but as the first western tragedy.
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Rome's founding epic — a meditation on duty, love and the price of empire through Aeneas, a hero who pursued greatness and paid for it.
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A journey through Hell and Purgatory. Inferno and Purgatorio fully built and taught — for readers who seek a true grasp of Dante.
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The most ambitious poem in the English language. Satan, free will, the Fall and what it means to be human. We close the year with Milton.
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The Aeneid is not a poem primarily about the Roman empire. It is a poem fundamentally about greatness and what it requires — captured in grief, triumph, and in the choices that cannot be unmade.
Each week: a pre-recorded lecture to prepare and unpack the reading, a live one-hour session to discuss it together and the kind of close attention to the text that most readers never get. All sessions are recorded. Asynchronous enrollment is available.
"I sing of warfare —
and a man at war."
Each course is $300. All enrollment is handled personally by Nick. To reserve your place — or to be notified when the next course opens — reach out directly.
To enroll or ask questions, email Unshelledcoast@gmail.com and indicate your preferred payment method.
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