Marmion

Join us on Wednesday, July 3rd for Walter Scott's Marmion, the story of lascivious English nobleman who dies at the battle of Flodden Field, ending his reign of terror over the object of his desire and her fiance. We will be joined by two new readers this week, and I am personally excited to meet Dan O'Keefe and Max Nagano. See you at the Pourhouse on Kirkwood!

Summer Session: Foster's The Coquette

Hi All:

So this week we are reading Hannah Foster's The Coquette (1797)--a major text in the development of the eighteenth-century American novel, with a fascinating back story in print journalism and women's issues. It should make for a charged discussion! Below are two links (downloadable and plain html text) to the short, epistolary novel (my print version marks it at about 172 pages).


Main Text:

Foster, The Coquette

PLAIN HTML LINK

PROJECT GUTENBURG DOWNLOAD LINK
 

Looking forward to seeing you all this Wednesday, June 12th at 4:30 PM in the Pour House on Kirkwood Ave.

Also, this is my (Rachel's) last meeting of the summer, as I'll be off to other eighteenth-century studies abroad. But Kate has agreed to take over the meetings and posts, so hats off to the co-leader and I will miss our discussions! Perhaps we can have a skype reading group date :)