Brontë Sigma Tau Delta

From March, 29 until April, 2 Portland, Oregon will play host to Sigma Tau Delta's annual convention. The central purpose of the Sigma Tau Delta Society, the International English Honors Society in its own definition,

is to confer distinction upon students of the English language and literature in undergraduate, graduate, and professional studies. Sigma Tau Delta also recognizes the accomplishments of professional writers who have contributed to the fields of language and literature.

The schedule of the conference can be found here. Among the different talks we found some ones interesting for Brontë scholars:

Session C: Thursday 30 March 2006, 4:15-5:30pm
C2. Nineteenth Century British Fiction: Representations of Women

Leah Reese, Franklin Pierce College, "The Governing Principles in Jane Eyre"

Jessica Perry, Columbia College, "Unrealized and Unwanted Father Figures in Jane Eyre: Jane Eyre’s Inner Battle"

Session I: Saturday 1 April 2006, 8:00-9:15am
I2. Nineteenth Century British Fiction: Representations of Women

Danielle Reindl, St. Norbert College, "Legitimizing Female Power: Prescribed Illness in Jane Eyre and Lady Audley’s Secret"

Session K: Saturday 1 April 2006, 2:30-3:45pm
K3. Race and Class in Nineteenth Century British Fiction

Meredith Birmingham, Baldwin-Wallace College, "Marxism and Brontë: Revenge as Ideology"
Categories: Talks