Literary historian Harold Love, the visiting Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in Washington University’s Department of English in Arts & Sciences, will speak on Reading Restoration Lampoons at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9.
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WHO: Literary Historian Harold Love WHAT: Lecture, Reading Restoration Lampoons WHEN: 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9 WHERE: Hurst Lounge, Room 201 Duncker Hall, northwest corner of Brookings Quadrangle, near the intersection of Hoyt and Brookings Drive COST: free and open to the public INFORMATION: (314) 935-7130 |
The talk — part of The Writing Program Reading Series — is free and open to the public and takes place in Hurst Lounge, Room 201, Duncker Hall, on the university’s Hilltop Campus. A book-signing and reception will follow and copies of Love’s books will be available for purchase. Duncker Hall is located at the northwest corner of Brookings Quadrangle, near the intersection of Brookings and Hoyt drives. For more information, call (314) 935-7130.
Love, a prominent critic of Early Modern literature, is the author of numerous scholarly works, including most recently English Clandestine Satire 1660-1702 (2004), as well as Attributing Authorship: An Introduction (2002); The Works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1999); The Culture and Commerce of Texts: Scribal Publication in Seventeenth-Century England (1997); and The Golden Age of Australian Opera: W.S. Lyster and his Companies 1861-80 (1981).
Born in Brisbane, Australia, Love is currently emeritus professor in the Department of English at Monash University’s School of Literary, Visual and Performance Studies.