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Victorianists in the NY-NJ-CT area will be interested
in the link below to the New York Public Library's upcoming Dickens
exhibition.
The exhibition is accompanied by a free lecture
series in the South Court auditorium adjoining the gallery:
Wednesday, October 3
at 6:00 p.m.
(also Thursday, November 29 at 1:15 p.m.; Tuesday, January
8, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.)
“Dickens and the Language of Images”
Wm. Moeck
Nassau Community College (SUNY)
Dickens’s emblematic character descriptions are explored in
a slideshow presentation by the exhibition curator.
Wednesday, October 10
at 6:00 p.m.
“Dickens and London”
Anne Humpherys
Lehman College and the Graduate Center, City University of
New York (CUNY)
The growth of London and the human costs of modernization
are seen reflected in novels such as Martin
Chuzzlewit, Dombey and Son, and Bleak House.
Friday, October 12 at
1:15 p.m.
(also Friday, December 14 at 1:15 p.m.)
“Out of the Blacking Factory”
Robert Armitage
Humanities Bibliographer, General Research Division
This presentation examines various aspects of Dickens’s
life, the broad range of his fiction, and its various illustrators.
Wednesday, October 17
at 6:00 p.m.
“A Tale of Two
Cities: Love, Sex, Imprisonment”
Carolyn Williams
Rutgers University
This talk considers Dickens’s fascination with prisons—and
with mistress Ellen Ternan—as backgrounds for A Tale of Two Cities.
Tuesday, October 23
at 6:00 p.m.
“Dickens’s Prompt Texts”
Isaac Gewirtz, Curator
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and
American Literature
From his novels Dickens created unique prompt texts with
which he performed on stage to great acclaim, and which now belong to the Berg
Collection.
Tuesday, November 6
at 6:00 p.m.
“The Worst Dickens Ever: Our Mutual Friend”
Sean
Grass
Iowa State University
This presentation explains why Henry James—and those who
have hated Our Mutual Friend since—have
it all wrong.
Wednesday, November
14 at 6:00 p.m.
“The Twists of Oliver
Twist”
Catherine Robson
New York University
The plot contortions of this famous novel are discussed in
relation to three culturally symbolic sites.
Wednesday, November
28 at 6:00 p.m.
“David Copperfield and
Dickensian Character”
Jonathan Farina
Seton Hall University
This talk playfully catalogs Dickens's many distinct styles
of characterization in his most autobiographical novel.
Wednesday, December 5
at 6:00 p.m.
“Theater and the Politics of Style in Great Expectations”
David Kurnick
Rutgers University
This talk considers the relations among Dickens’s singular
style, his interest in popular performance, and his democratic imagination.
Wednesday, December
12 at 6:00 p.m.
“Dickens, Scrooge and Autobiography”
Gerhard Joseph
Lehman College and the Graduate Center, City University of
New York (CUNY)
A Christmas Carol is
discussed as a cautionary tale showing the kind of person that Dickens—haunted
by childhood misery—might have become.
Tuesday, December 18
at 6:00 p.m.
“Dickens and the Criminal Mind”
Kristin Le Veness
Nassau Community College (SUNY)
Dickens’s most notorious villains are discussed in relation
to his dedication to realism and social reform.
