Trinity term 2007

Romantic Realignments

Trinity Term 2007

Please note revised start time of 5 p.m.

Week One – Thursday 26^th April

'There was no such thing as the Romantic symbol', from The Genealogy of the Romantic Symbol, forthcoming from OUP.

Professor Nicholas Halmi, University of Washington

Week Two – Thursday 3^rd May

Jane Austen's Manuscripts: or, the real Secret of Style

Professor Kathryn Sutherland, St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford

Week Three – Thursday 10^th May

Sublime landscapes and ancient traditions: Picturesque literary tourism in Scotland

Kristin Ott, University of St. Andrews

Week Four – Thursday 17^th May

'Death in So Many Frightful Forms': The Sublime of Terror in the 1790s.

Joseph Crawford, St. Catherine’s College, University of Oxford

Week Five – Thursday 24^th May

Wordsworth and the Survival of Pastoral

Dr Fiona Stafford, Somerville College, University of Oxford

Week Six – Thursday 31^st May Crime and Punishment: Jane Austen reads Charlotte Smith

Professor Jacqueline Labbe, University of Warwick

Week Seven – Thursday 7^th June

'So you think you know all the right answers to all the right questions about Jane Austen's Emma?'

Arnie Perlstein, independent scholar from Florida. For more information see: http://sharpelvessociety.blogspot.com/

Week Eight – Thursday 14^th June

‘Rehabilitating the ‘Bad’ Ancient: The Life and Times of Frederick Tatham, 1805-78’

Angus Whitehead, University of York

Meetings will be held from 5-6pm in Room 10 of the English Faculty. All are welcome to join us for discussion and refreshments.

If you are interested in presenting a 30-40 minute paper at the seminar please email: michael.farrell@ccc.ox.ac.uk, georgina.green@hertford.ox.ac.uk, or olivia.murphy@worc.ox.ac.uk