Brontë Body and Brontë Talks

Several Brontë-related talks around the US are scheduled for today, May 10:

Eastern Washington University Women's Studies Center Program
Cheney, WA

Contemporary Issues in Feminist Research: Reading the Bronte Body: Disease, Desire, and the Constraints of Culture

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Beth Torgerson, Ph.D., English, will present on her book Reading the Bronte Body: Disease, Desire, and the Constraints of Culture. This book combines medical anthropology and the history of medicine as a lens with which to understand representations of disease and illness found in the novels written by Anne, Emily and Charlotte Bronte. This presentation is relevant to anyone interested in interconnections between literature and medicine, the body and culture.
12-1:00 p.m.

More information about the book on this old post of ours.

In the Orem Public Library, 56 North State Street, Orem, Utah:

Thursday, May 10th — How did a plain governess in a simple English novel simultaneously captivate and horrify an entire nation? Dr. Jane Wellington will return in an encore discussion about Charlotte Bronte. Bronte’s personal life, including her relationships with her author sisters, will be explored in conjunction with the social changes that revolutionized her nation. Come understand Jane Eyre as never before and experience The Life and Times of Charlotte Bronte. Media Auditorium, 7pm.

And finally, in the Indianapolis Marion County Public Library (Irvington Branch Library), 5625 E.Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN:

Irvington Afternoon Book Discussion,
May 10 at 1.30 pm. Adults are invited to discuss the book Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

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