Institutions of Literature, 1700-1900
Website of the AHRC-funded 'Institutions of Literature, 1700-1900' research network
(Many thanks to Anne Stevens for providing an edited text of the brilliant talk that she gave at the ‘Institutions as Actors’ workshop, along with a copy of her PowerPoint.) Circulating and Subscription Libraries: Institutions as Creators of Genres Anne H. Stevens, University of Nevada, Las Vegas In his opening Read More
The ‘Institutions of Literature, 1700-1900’ network’s final event, ‘Institutions as Actors’, took place last Friday and Saturday in York. We’d like to express our gratitude to our speakers, who gave uniformly excellent papers, and to all those who attended, who facilitated genuinely productive discussions in a friendly environment. Over the Read More
In advance of the ‘Institutions as Actors’ workshop, we’ve circulated some general questions that we’re hoping the workshop will address – we’ve reproduced the email setting these out below for those who are unable to join us in York. Dear All, We’re looking forward to welcoming you all to York Read More
(In advance of ‘Institutions as Actors’, some thoughts toward a revised definition of ‘institution’, based on the network’s discussions – M.S.) When we wrote the proposal for the ‘Institutions of Literature, 1700-1900’ network in 2015, and when we advertised via our open call for participants in the autumn of 2016, Read More
We’ve now finalised the programme for the ‘Institutions of Literature, 1700-1900’ network’s last workshop, ‘Institutions as Actors’, which can be viewed here. The workshop is open to a limited number of non-speaking delegates; if you’d be interested in coming along, we’d love to hear from you on institutionsofliterature@gmail.com. We’ll be Read More