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Literature and ‘The Woman Question’
Mark Rutherford Society Symposium hosted by RIMAP at the University of Bedfordshire
Saturday 23 June 2018
PROGRAMME
10.00–10.20 Registration and coffee
10.20–10.30 Introductory remarks
10.30–11.30 Plenary 1: Elisabeth Jay, Oxford Brookes University
‘Fin de siècle Women in Mid-Century Clothing: William Hale White’s Novels of the 1890s’
11.30–1.00 First Panel
Lindsey Stewart, Open University: ‘Monomania and the Woman Question in Dinah Mulock Craik’s “The Double House” (1857)’
Tom Ue, University of Toronto: ‘Investment and the Woman Question: Besant, Gissing, and Morrison’
Viviana Castellano, University of Bedfordshire: ‘Motherhood and Sexual Desire in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening (1899)’
1.00–2.00 Lunch
2.00–3.00 Plenary 2: Jean-Michel Yvard, Université Angers
‘Woman as a Privileged Mediator of Ethical Values: Feminism and Secularization in the Writings of William Hale White (“Mark Rutherford”)’
3.00–4.30 Second Panel
Nicola Darwood, University of Bedfordshire: ‘Politics and “the Woman Question” in Mary Cholmondeley’s Red Pottage (1899) and Stella Benson’s I Pose (1915)’
Laura Cox, Trinity College, University of Oxford: ‘Challenges to Perceptions of “Woman” in Ouida’s Moths (1880) and Marie Corelli’s Wormwood (1890)’
Alexis Weedon, University of Bedfordshire: ‘Of Voting Age: Clemence Dane and Women’s Emancipation’
4.30–5.00 Concluding remarks, tea, and departure
REGISTRATION: The Symposium will be held at the Bedford Campus of the University of Bedfordshire, Polhill Avenue, Bedford MK41 9TD. Attendance is free of charge, but prior registration by Monday 11 June 2018 is essential as numbers are limited. Morning and afternoon refreshments and a light lunch will be provided, costing £20 payable on the day. To register, email [log in to unmask], giving details of name; title; affiliation; email address and any special dietary requirements.
FOR MORE INFORMATION - https://www.beds.ac.uk/womanquestion
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