Talks update

A couple of recent Brontë-related talks:

VICTORIAN CULTURAL INDUSTRIES AND ELITES
BAVS EIGHTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2007
University of Salford
30 August – 1 September 2007

Dinah Birch (University of Liverpool), “Education and Writing: Charlotte Brontë and Matthew Arnold”

Irene Wiltshire (independent scholar), “The Literary Shrine as a Victorian Icon” (the discussion was focused around the Brontë Parsonage and Wordsworth's Dove Cottage. Source. Read the abstract here)

Dinah Birch is the author of the recently published book Our Victorian Education.

Another recent talk organized by the Sedbergh & District History Society:

Wednesday 21st November 2007
Location: Settlebeck High School, Main Hall, 7.30 pm

Dr Malcolm Petyt: Dialect in 'Wuthering Heights'
What features of dialect does Emily record? Are these attempts to portray one particular dialect? If so, how accurate is this, and how can we tell?

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