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Reading SeminarsJane Austen’s Life and WorksF11-R01 Join noted columnist and Jane Austen enthusiast Edith Lank for a grand tour of Jane Austen’s work. The class will cover books, films, and important biographical insights into one of England’s most enduring writers.
Samuel Pepys—Britain’s Great DiaristF11-R02 Samuel Pepys voluminous diary of London in the seventeenth century give us a vivid account of the city during the plague years and the Great Fire, and the return of Charles II from exile. But he had much more to say. Join noted columnist and literature enthusiast Edith Lank for an exciting overview of Pepys work as well as insights into his personality.
Reading to Write BetterF11-R03 This seminar will focus on how to read the way a writer should read, not always for enjoyment or edification or to save your soul, but to learn from good writers and bad how to do things that will improve a story and avoid things that will damage it. We’ll focus on such writers as Tim O’Brien, Richard Yates, Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Zane Grey, Homer, Harold Lamb, Robert Louis Stevenson.
A Journey through James Joyce’s UlyssesF11-R04 Join Joyce enthusiast John O’Sullivan for a guided reading of Ulysses, often called the greatest novel of the modernist movement. Join Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom on their peregrinations through the Dublin night. You will be introduced to the novel’s richly textured Dublin language, the classical allusions, tropes and metaphors, and will part the curtains of Molly Bloom’s soliloquy. This is a one-of-a-kind class, a chance for the illumination of a great book. Don’t miss it.
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Beyond Reading: FilmMonday, February 6, 7 p.m. “How Do I Love Thee?” Romantic Love Poems Through the AgesTuesday, February 7, 7 p.m. Afternoon TeaWed., Feb. 8, 4:30 - 6 p.m. The Bertrand Russell SocietyHosted by Phil Ebersol Book Kick-off: Angels Flying Backwards, by Iris MillerThursday, Feb. 9, 7 p.m. Valentine’s Day card-making workshop for families.Saturday February 11, 10 a.m. - noon Genesee Reading SeriesHosted by Wanda Schubmehl
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