The Rosenbach is well known for the works of James Joyce and Bram Stoker, but the “English Literature” collections include many other notable Irish authors as well. In addition to Ulysses and Dracula we’ll read and handle works by some of these others, and look at their connections and influences extending from Thomas Jefferson to Moby Dick to the Internet.
Wednesday, November 10, 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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