John Coffin Memorial Lecture in the History of the Book

30 June 2010, 18:00 - 19:00

Event Type: University Trust Fund Event

Speakers

Professor John Barnard, 'Presence and Absence in Keats's Letters'

Description

The distinguished Keats scholar, Professor John Barnard, editor of the Penguin Keats Complete Poems, will talk the material ‘presence and absence’ of Keats’s letters. He will discuss their original manuscript composition, the sometimes misleading processes of transmission, the mysteries of missing letters to and from Keats, and the inadequacies of the translation of manuscript into print. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. If you would like to attend please contact Jon Millington at the Institute of English Studies; tel. +44 (0)207 664 4859

Venue : Room G22/26 (Senate House, Ground Floor)

South Block of Senate House, Ground Floor
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