DAYTONA BEACH, FL (Jan. 21, 2010) - A colloquium, presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Writing and Research (CIWR) at Daytona State College, on the topic of " Poets, Playwrights, and Lovers Evermore: The Women of Michael Field," will take place Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 6 p.m. in the Madorsky Theater located in the Mori Hosseini Center (Bldg. 1200) on the Daytona Beach Campus at 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd.
Presented by Dr. Michelle Lee, Daytona State’s School of Humanities and Communication, the colloquium examines the work of two extraordinary women who joined forces and lives under one pseudonym to become “Michael Field,” a successful literary sensation in 19th century London. One hundred and twenty-five years ago, a new playwright named Michael Field created a buzz among London literati with the print debut of two poetic dramas in a single volume: the ancient Greek Callirrhoë and the English historical Fair Rosamund. United under the pseudonym Michael Field, Katharine Bradley and her niece Edith Cooper would collaborate on a canon that includes more than twenty-five closet dramas and eight volumes of poetry. Field would become a literary figure whose "existence" would extend beyond a canon of little-read, but beautifully printed, dramas and poetry to a transformative space where two women could speak through a multitude of voices. These voices would allow them to access worlds they could not enter, transcend gender boundaries, and experience a unique (and possibly scandalous) love as well as a working partnership that, to this day, defies a name. The colloquium is free and open to the public, and concludes with a wine and cheese reception.
Mark your calendar for upcoming colloquiums:
Tuesday, Feb. 16, 6 – 7:20 p.m. “Unmasking the American Way: An Investigation of the Dual Ideological Identity of the New Wave of Superhero Films,” presented by Seth Blazer.
Friday, Feb. 26, 11 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. – “Ditch of Dreams,” presented by Steven Noll and David Tegeder.
Tuesday, March 2, 6 – 7:20 p.m. – “Economic Crisis and Focalization in Ellen Glasgow's Vein of Iron,” presented by Dr. Ashley Lear.
Tuesday, April 6, 6 – 7:20 p.m. – A roundtable discussion that examines Francis Fukuyama’s shocking pronouncement in 1989 that we had come to “the end of history,” that after the fall of the Berlin wall, the world was destined to become more westernized and questions whether other theories and/or systems of governance have emerged since 1989 that challenges Fukuyama’s hypothesis, lead by Dr. Perry Ballard and Chris Whitaker.
Tuesday, April 20, 6 – 7:20 p.m. – “Marketing Fictions: Product Branding and Late 19th-Century American Literature,” presented by Dr. Ben Graydon.
Colloquiums are co-sponsored by the Southeast Museum of Photography and the Office of Leadership Development. For more information call Dr. Richard Grego, associate professor, School of Behavioral and Social Sciences, at (386) 506-3342.
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