Wednesday 17 August 2011 12.30 - 14.00

British Library Summer Scholars Seminar Series
Seminar 3: "Through the old order gleams the new": the Rossettis in America
Foyle Room, Centre for Conservation, British Library
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Within a generation of their first arrival in Great Britain the Rossettis had become extraordinarily renowned and influential in the artistic and literary circles of the day. Altogether less well known is the role played by America in the lives of this prolific family, from William Rossetti's championing of Walt Whitman to the family's dealings with the Mormon community in Utah.

Dr Dinah Roe will talk about her latest research into this aspect of the lives of the Rossettis. Dinah Roe is the author of Christina Rossetti's Faithful Imagination and, most recently, the editor of The Pre-Raphaelites: From Rossetti to Ruskin (Penguin Classics). Her forthcoming publication is The Rossettis in Wonderland: a Victorian Family History. 

This is the third event in the new Summer Scholars programme. This series of informal lunchtime seminars is designed to give scholars working at the Library the opportunity to discuss recent work or work-in-progress, including forthcoming publications. See http://www.bl.uk/eccles/events.html.

The talk will be followed by Q&A. Tea and coffee will be provided. All are welcome to attend: you can reserve a place by emailing [log in to unmask] 

This event is supported by the Eccles Centre for American Studies.

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