“London & Southeast Romanticism Seminar: Romantic Novels 1817”
In this series of seminars scheduled for 2017, we will examine a selection of novels published in 1817. Sessions will alternate between well-known and lesser known works, allowing us to place ‘classic’ writers such as Jane Austen and Walter Scott in dialogue with their prolific and popular, but ‘forgotten’ contemporaries, such as Jane Porter and Ann Hatton. By reconstructing the literary landscape of 1817, 200 years later, we hope to discover unseen connections between the novels and to glean a more nuanced understanding of the cultural and commercial context(s) from which they emerged.
Each session will be facilitated by a Romantic-period specialist who will introduce the text and guide a discussion of it. The sessions will be relatively informal, but will emphasize a cross-institutional, collaborative ethos, and will provide a much needed opportunity for scholars at different career stages and from different institutions in London and the Southeast to come together. Romanticists in London and the Southeast have not had a dedicated research forum for some time. We hope to (re)build a tradition of regional Romanticism events that will continue after 2017.
You can find the details of this and other networked events on the Romantic Bicentennials website (http://romantics200.org/event/romantic-novels-1817-series/). Please also follow us on twitter @reading1817 or for any questions, contact us directly at the email addresses below.
Dr Susan Civale (Canterbury Christ Church University) [log in to unmask]
Dr Claire Sheridan (University of Greenwich) [log in to unmask]
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