Institutions of Literature, 1700-1900
Website of the AHRC-funded 'Institutions of Literature, 1700-1900' research network
(Some initial thoughts in advance of the ‘Institutions as Curators’ workshop.) One of the main contentions that informs the ‘Institutions of Literature, 1700-1900’ network is that current criticism doesn’t give enough credit to institutions when it tries to chart the disciplinary development of literature. Most accounts of literary value have Read More
We’ve now published the full programme for our first workshop, ‘Institutions as Curators’; this can be downloaded here and viewed in full on the relevant page of the site. The workshop is open to anyone who’d like to take part in our discussions; however, we’d appreciate an email to institutionsofliterature@gmail.com if you’re Read More
(Our second contribution looking forward to the ‘Institutions as Curators’ workshop is by Suchitra Choudhury, who is currently a postdoctoral researcher and a participant in the University of Glasgow’s ‘Second Cities of Empire’ project. Below, she discusses the interplay between the meanings of objects produced through circulations and collections and Read More
(Our first contribution looking forward to the ‘Institutions as Curators’ workshop is from Ian Newman of the University of Notre Dame, to whom we’re very grateful for these wide-ranging reflections on taverns as literary institutions.) Samuel Johnson’s Club, founded at the Turk’s Head Tavern in Gerrard Street in 1764, was Read More
We’re now fairly well advanced with programming the first two Institutions of Literature workshops, and will be releasing the full programme for the Glasgow event, ‘Institutions as Curators’, in the next few days. We’ll also be publishing a series of reflections from participants in the weeks running up to the Read More