From the Canterbury Tales to Ulysses, the Rosenbach’s collection is full of books that have been banned, challenged, or censored. During Banned Books Week, take your rights and the books back into your own hands, discuss the controversies surrounding them, and celebrate your freedom to read.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Reading Group
6:00PM - 7:45PM
Join us as we dive into Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the novel that started it all. You’ll discover that Stoker’s Dracula is a heartless invader, very different from the sweet and sexy figure he became in later adaptations. This reading group will be led by Nina Auerbach, the John Welsh Centennial Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Our Vampires, Ourselves. One session will be dedicated to using the Rosenbach’s notes and outlines for Dracula to uncover more about Bram Stoker’s process and his creation of one of literature’s most malicious monsters.
This reading group was offered September - November 2010
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