Hello All!
Welcome back from a brief summer haitus!
Just a quick note: for Fall 2013, our regular weekly meetings will take place on Tuesdays from 5 - 6 p.m. at the Pourhouse on Kirkwood.
Our first meeting of the term, which is today, September 3rd, will take on two parts. It is completely up to you which parts you would like to attend, but it would be really great if you could either e-mail Kate or myself (Rachel) if you cannot attend Part II, as it concerns all members!
Part I: 5 - 5:30 p.m. - Finishing up discussion of Don Juan
Part II: 5:30 - 6 p.m. - Planning the first initial readings of the semester
If you could not read Don Juan, don't sweat it (I wasn't here either, so I'm out of that one, too!)--but do join us to plan the texts we'll be reading next, as well as other fun events and practical group workshops that we'd like to do this term.
See you all soon!
Cheers.
Rachel (and Kate)
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Monday, July 8, 2013
Don Juan Cantos I-VI
Greetings everyone! Last week we began our examination of Romantic poetry with Scott's Marmion, and this week we will be continuing that theme with Byron's Don Juan. To ease the work load and to allow more time for discussion, we have decided to dedicate three weeks to this poem. Please join us this Wednesday from 4:00-5:00 at the Pour House to discuss Cantos I-VI!
Thursday, June 27, 2013
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!
Sunday, June 9, 2013
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 :)
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 :)
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Swift DAY!!!
Hi Group:
This is just a reminder that we are meeting today, Wednesday, from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. at the Pour House cafe on Kirkwood Ave for SWIFT DAY!
Bring with you copies--electronic or other--of A Modest Proposal and Tale of a Tub (yay!)
Looking forward to meeting after our end-of-term hiatus!!
This is just a reminder that we are meeting today, Wednesday, from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. at the Pour House cafe on Kirkwood Ave for SWIFT DAY!
Bring with you copies--electronic or other--of A Modest Proposal and Tale of a Tub (yay!)
Looking forward to meeting after our end-of-term hiatus!!
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Reading Group Resumes! Up Next: SWIFT!
Hello All:
The C18 Reading Group will reconvene for the summer. If you're around, you should probably come--'cause it will be awesome.
One of your hosts of the C18 Reading is being quite selfish in putting through her own request for the next series of readings, but hopefully you won't find it too outlandish when I tell you that next on our agenda will be JONATHAN SWIFT!
Click on the links below for access to the text of what we'll be reading:
Tale of a Tub (1704)
A Modest Proposal (1729)
Optional:
The Drapier Letters (1734) - Vol. VI in the Prose Work of Jonathan Swift
The Lady's Dressing Room (1732)
We hope you join us in two weeks for the reunion of the C18 Reading Group AND for Swift Day (it's gonna be pretty great).
This meeting will take place on Wednesday, May 15th from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. @ the Pour House on Kirkwood Ave.
We hope to see you there!
The C18 Reading Group will reconvene for the summer. If you're around, you should probably come--'cause it will be awesome.
One of your hosts of the C18 Reading is being quite selfish in putting through her own request for the next series of readings, but hopefully you won't find it too outlandish when I tell you that next on our agenda will be JONATHAN SWIFT!
Click on the links below for access to the text of what we'll be reading:
Tale of a Tub (1704)
A Modest Proposal (1729)
Optional:
The Drapier Letters (1734) - Vol. VI in the Prose Work of Jonathan Swift
The Lady's Dressing Room (1732)
We hope you join us in two weeks for the reunion of the C18 Reading Group AND for Swift Day (it's gonna be pretty great).
This meeting will take place on Wednesday, May 15th from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. @ the Pour House on Kirkwood Ave.
We hope to see you there!
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Amelia Revisited
Hello All:
We meet again on Wednesday, April 10th at the Pour House on Kirkwood between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. to continue our discussion of Fielding's Amelia.
We had lively conversation about disease, castration, women's friendship, and the ins-and-outs of the institution of marriage in the eighteenth century. We are delighted to continue those discussions--and more--today. So come join us!
We meet again on Wednesday, April 10th at the Pour House on Kirkwood between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. to continue our discussion of Fielding's Amelia.
We had lively conversation about disease, castration, women's friendship, and the ins-and-outs of the institution of marriage in the eighteenth century. We are delighted to continue those discussions--and more--today. So come join us!
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