Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers Group

Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers Group

Annual Group Meeting

Saturday 22 May 2004

Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH),
Hope Park Square, Edinburgh

Outline Programme:

11.15 coffee

11.45: Discussion, led by Elisabeth Dodds and Erin Atchison, of the following:

• Chapter 9 of Kate Chopin's The Awakening
• 'The Physician in 19th century American Literature'
  Text: Cummins's The Lamplighter, Chapter XXIV.
  [If you have difficulty with this link, try the main Wright American Fiction homepage]

1.00 Lunch

2.00 Discussion, led by Anne Ford, of Stoddard's 'My Own Story' (Atlantic Monthly, May 1860)

3.15 Tea and discussion led by Alison Easton, Janet Floyd and R.J.Ellis of second essay collection on the theme of 'Women's Writing: Public Spaces, Private Spaces'. The discussion will be based on 'Behind the Church Doors' and 'In the Vestry' (extract to be distributed).

4.30 onwards: gradual dispersal

We look forward to seeing you!