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Subject: VICTORIA Digest - 6 Mar 2004 to 7 Mar 2004 (#2004-68)
There are 9 messages totalling 343 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Ruskin College
2. Call for Papers (updated): "Picture This: The Art and Technique of
Illustration: APHA conference, 1 October 2004 at the University of
Delaware
3. Reminder: CFP "William Morris: His Colleagues and Collaborators" NAVSA,
Toronto, 28-31 October
4. CFP FOR MLA: Dickens and Disability
5. Presumption of death in Lady Audley's Secret
6. women on trial for murder
7. aestheticism and novels (2)
8. "beating the devil's tattoo"
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Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 12:21:32 -0000
From: Lesley Hall <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Ruskin College
Don't know about literary sources, but there is fairly extensive
discussion about Ruskin and the working class education movement more
generally in Jonathan Rose _The Intellectual Life of the British Working
Classes_, and his footnotes should be helpful.
Lesley Hall
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Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 10:54:27 EST
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Subject: Call for Papers (updated): "Picture This: The Art and Technique of
Illustration: APHA conference, 1 October 2004 at the University of Delaware
CALL FOR PAPERS (updated)
'Picture This: The Art and Technique of Illustration"
American Printing History Association Annual Conference
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
30 September โค? 1 October 2004
For its 28th annual conference, to be held at the University of Delaware,
the American Printing History Association (APHA) seeks papers which fit
into the rubric of "The Art and Technique of Illustration." Illustration
may be defined broadly as the printed reproduction of pictorial matter.
Especially welcome are submissions which deal with the methods and
techniques of illustration, such as woodcut, engraving, etching,
lithography, photography, and digital imaging. We also encourage papers
relating to publishing and printing of illustrations and to illustrators.
There are no geographical or chronological limitations, and subjects of
papers may be national or regional in scope, biographical, analytical,
technical, or bibliographical in nature. We seek proposals that use new
methods of study or interpretation, that benefit from newly available
primary sources, or that treat overlooked or forgotten persons, techniques,
or design elements.
Speakers need not be academics, and we welcome participation by
illustrators, printers, artists, design professionals, and other
practitioners in the book arts, as well as librarians, curators,
independent scholars, and collectors. All papers are limited strictly to a
reading time of twenty minutes.
Proposals, which must include the title of the presentation, a brief
description, and contact information, should be sent to:
Mark Samuels Lasner
Vice-President for Programs
APHA
P.O. Box 4519,
Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10163
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Deadline for submission of proposals is 1 May 2004.
The conference, hosted by the University of Delaware Library, will include
an address by featured speaker, publisher and book historian David Godine
(sponsored by the University of Delaware Library Associates); the opening
of a major exhibition of the work of John De Pol; and a tour of the Raven
Press, a recently-established letterpress at the University of Delaware.
APHA has scheduled the conference to allow attendees to go to Oak Knoll
Fest (Saturday and Sunday, 2 and 3 October, in nearby New Castle, DE),
which will include panel discussions on illustration.
Apart from its conference, APHA supports research and scholarship through
its journal "Printing History," publications, an oral history project, and a
fellowship program. The association, founded in 1974, encourages the
preservation of printing artifacts and source materials for printing
history. It recognizes achievement in the field through Individual and
Institutional Awards and by means of the J. Ben Lieberman Lecture given
each year at a different institution by a distinguished figure in printing
history or the book arts. These events are supplemented by the activities
of regional chapters, which sponsor lectures, field trips, and other
opportunities to meet fellow members.
Additional information, including a membership form, may be found at
www.printinghistory.org.
Mark Samuels Lasner
Senior Research Fellow
University of Delaware Library
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Tel. (302) 831-3250
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Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 10:54:37 EST
From: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Reminder: CFP "William Morris: His Colleagues and Collaborators"
NAVSA, Toronto, 28-31 October
A reminder--
CALL FOR PAPERS
"William Morris: His Colleagues and Collaborators"
session sponsored by the William Morris Society
at the 2004 annual conference of the North American Victorian Studies
Associaiton (NAVSA),
28-31 October at the University of Toronto.
Presentations are sought which deal with Morris's relationships,
interactions, and influences with his friends, associates, and
collaborators in such areas as literature, art, design, and politics.
Speakers need not be members of the William Morris Society, nor must they
be academics. Papers are limited to a reading time of 20 minutes.
Submit proposals by 11 March to
Professor Florence Boos
Department of English
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
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Forwarded by:
Mark Samuels Lasner
Senior Research Fellow
University of Delaware Library
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Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:56:27 -0800
From: Martha Stoddard-Holmes <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: CFP FOR MLA: Dickens and Disability
Hi All,
Julia Miele Rodas and I are hoping to put together a collection even if
the panel does not run. Please respond directly to me and cc Julia.
Thanks! Martha
Call for Papers
Modern Language Association (MLA) Conference
27-30 December 2004, Philadelphia, PA
Fractured Bodies/Fractured Minds: Dickens and Disability. Disability and
physical/mental dysfunction are an overwhelming presence in Dickens's
opus. How do we respond? Papers that address issues of power, agency,
and identity are especially welcome. 250-word abstracts.
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Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 19:15:56 +0000
From: Stephen White <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Presumption of death in Lady Audley's Secret
This topic came up on the list about five years ago. Here is the
contribution I made then
Section 57 of the Offences Against the Person 1861, which consolidated
previous statutory provisions and came into force on 1 November 1861,
provided a maximum punishment of either penal servitude for between 3
and 7 years' or imprisonment with or without hard labour for up to 2
years for the crime of bigamy. Section 57 is still in force but the
maximum penalty now is (I am fairly sure) 7 years' imprisonment. (The
previous enactment on bigamy was in the Offences Against the Person Act
1828 and the first enactment making it a secular offence was the Bigamy
Act 1603 - before that it was dealt with by the ecclesiastical courts.)
Section 57 is a very ill-drafted section: To give just one example, it
starts "Whosoever, being married, shall marry any other person ...".
Since it is not lawful to contract a polygamous marriage in the UK, one
cannot "marry" another person while still married.
The seven years' business comes into the picture in several ways.
1. The section provides that "nothing in this section . . . shall extend
to any person marrying a second time whose husband or wife shall have
been continually absent from such person for the space of seven years
then last past and shall have been known by such person to be living
within that time . . ."
(In view of my previous remark, "marrying a second time" is impossible
while one is still married - so "marrying a second time" means goes
through a ceremony (albeit inefficacious) of marriage - and thus raises
interesting questions for actors (married in real life) who have to go
through a ceremony of marriage on stage!). However, to be serious, this
provision affords a defence to a defendant separated from a spouse for a
7 year period at no moment during which have they known the spouse to be
alive. For this defence to be defeated they must have KNOWN the spouse
to have been alive. Belief, even reasonable belief, that they are
alive, and much less suspicion, would not defeat the defence: belief
that someone is alive is not the same as knowing that they are. Equally
it is not necessary to know, believe, or suspect that they are dead.
However, the fact that one would have a defence to bigamy on the grounds
of seven years' absence and lack of knowledge of the spouse's continued
existence does not mean that one can lawfully marry (in the sense of
contracting a valid marriage) after the seven years - it just means one
does not commit the crime of bigamy.
2. A related defence is available to a defendant who believed, on
reasonable grounds, that their spouse is dead. This defence is
available at any time, i.e. if you believe your spouse is dead you do
not have to wait 7 years before "marrying a second time" to be free of
the risk of conviction for bigamy. Nor do you have to "KNOW" they are
dead - it is enough that you genuinely believe it and that, on the facts
known to you, there are reasonable grounds for your belief.
But, once again, the fact that one would have this defence to a charge
of bigamy does not mean that the "second marriage" would be valid.
3. To ensure that the second marriage is valid, the first must be
dissolved. A marriage is dissolved by the death of one of the partners.
When one partner has been missing for some time, it is possible to apply
to a court for a decree of presumption of death and dissolution of the
marriage. I do not know where the presently obtaining provision is but
one version (whether presently obtaining or previous I do not know) is
contained in s 19 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. Subsection (3) of
section 19 provides "In any proceedings under this section the fact that
for a period of seven years or more the other part to the marriage has
been continually absent from the petitioner and the petitioner has no
reason to believe that the other party has been living within that time
shall be evidence that the other party is dead until the contrary is
proved".
If you want more information I suggest
G.W. Batholomew, "The Origin and Development of the Law of Bigamy"
(1958) 74 Law Quarterly Review 259-271
G.H.Treitel, "The Presumption of Death" (1954) 17 Modern Law Review
530-546.
--
Stephen White ([log in to unmask])
69 Murhill Visiting Lecturer
Limpley Stoke Cardiff Law School
Wiltshire University of Wales
BA2 7FQ. Museum Avenue
Cardiff CF1 1XD
01225 722429 Wales, U.K.
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Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 19:41:11 EST
From: Tamar Heller <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: women on trial for murder
Wilkie Collins's The Legacy of Cain begins with an account of the execution
of a woman who poisoned her husband. Did you mention Armadale in your
query? Lydia Gwilt is tried for the murder of her husband.
Tamar Heller
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Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 22:10:20 -0500
From: Jill Ehnenn <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: aestheticism and novels
It is book ordering time and I am hoping to call on the collective =
widsom of the list. I would like to theme my next Victorian Lit class =
(multigenre, junior/senior seminar) around British Aestheticism. I have =
lots of ideas for poetry, essays, visuals, even some short stories, but =
I am drawing a complete blank for novels, except of course for Wilde. =
(I'd love to teach Vernon Lee's Miss Brown, but I think it would work =
better with graduate students). Any suggestions?
This is the only Victorian course we offer, so, in the service of =
providing some sort of representative "coverage," I'm also open to =
assigning texts that can be read vis-a-vis Aestheticism, as opposed to =
*examples* of Aestheticism (for example, Hard Times as the sorts of =
ideas the PRBs would be working against).
Thanks!
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Jill Ehnenn
Assistant Professor of English
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28605
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Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 18:37:19 -0500
From: Nicholas Schonberger <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: "beating the devil's tattoo"
Shifting thoughts to a differnt type of tattoo, I have been reading Rider
Haggard's "Mr. Meeson's Will," and in the preface there is mention
of 'Tattoo Stories.' As this story is the only one I am aware of that
features tattooing the body as a theme I was wondering if anyone could
alert me to any similar stories. I am interested to know if 'tattoo
stories' do, in fact, form a genre, and if so how many tales there are.
Thanks,
Nicholas Schonberger
Lois McNeil Fellow
Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
University of Delaware
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Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 23:50:28 -0500
From: James Jayo <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: aestheticism and novels
How about Pater's Marius the Epicurean?
If you're venturing beyond Britain, there's always Huysmans's A Rebours,
and, if you're venturing beyond novels (as I suspect you are), there's
always the libretto from Gilbert's (and Sullivan's) Patience.
Best,
James Jayo
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