Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Next week: Sarah Fielding's The Adventures of David Simple

Hi everyone!

First, thanks to all who came last week for The Man of Feeling. Up next is Sarah Fielding's The Adventures of David Simple. We'll be meeting once again in the Parker library at 2:15 (Wed, Sep 30). The poll is complete, so we will look at the reading list for this semester as well. We look forward to seeing you!

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Greetings!

First, a reminder about our meeting this week, Wed Sep 9 at 2:15 to discuss Helen Thompson's article "'It was impossible to know these people': Secondary Qualities and the Form of Character in A Journal of the Plague Year." We will be in the Parker library once again. The week after this we'll be reading Henry Mackenzie's The Man of Feeling, so keep an eye out for that. 


Also, here is our poll, as promised. There is no limit, but if you vote for all of them we can't tell which are the most popular. Please email katblake@indiana.edu or  thutchgoetz@gmail.com if you have questions!


What would you like to read this semester?

She Stoops to Conquer (Oliver Goldsmith)
Orra (Joanna Baillie)
Count Basil (Joanna Baillie)
Sir Eustace Gray (George Crabbe)
The Library (George Crabbe)
The Mourning Bride (William Congreve)
The Way of the World (William Congreve)
Desmond (Charlotte Smith)
The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne (Ann Radcliffe)
The Romance of the Forest (Ann Radcliffe)
Other
Please Specify:
Quiz Maker

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

First meeting tomorrow; Helen Thompson next week

Greetings! We will hold our first meeting tomorrow (Sep 2) in the Parker library at 2:15 pm. Please come with recommendations for reading.

We will also have a special meeting next Wednesday (Sep 9) in advance of Helen Thompson's visit. We'll be meeting at the same time & place to discuss Dr. Thompson's current project. Please read ""It was impossible to know these people': Secondary Qualities and the Form of Character in A Journal of the Plague Year" (available through Project MUSE).

You might also consider taking a look at "Secondary Qualities and Masculine Form in Clarissa and Sir Charles Grandison" (also on Project MUSE), another article on the same project. Finally, her 2005 book, Ingenuous subjection : compliance and power in the eighteenth-century domestic novel, is available through the library website.