Reevaluating the Literary Coterie, 1550-1825
 
We will meet at UCL on Wednesday evenings approximately fortnightly throughout Autumn 2012. We are grateful to the UCL Centre for Early Modern Exchange and the UCL Faculty Institute of Graduate Studies for helping us organize, fund, and promote what should prove a fascinating set of discussions.
We have three main objectives for the content of the series: the discussion of specific literary coteries active in Great Britain and Europe between 1550 and 1825; an examination of the conditions and structures which lead to the creation, sustenance, and demise of coteries; and a questioning of the viability of the coterie as a hermeneutic model in criticism.

The series will comprise of four ninety-minute seminars with each session containing two chronologically-linked papers of thirty minutes, followed by thirty minutes of conversation. During this discussion, refreshments will be served.

We are pleased to announce the following confirmed speakers:

The Eighteenth Century, Wednesday the 3rd of October: Christine Gerrard (Oxford) and Felicity Roberts (KCL).

Early Modern 1, Wednesday the 17th of October: Jennifer Young (KCL) and Hannah Crawforth (KCL).

The Romantic Period, Wednesday the 31st of October: Gregory Dart (UCL) and Will Bowers (UCL).

Early Modern 2, Wednesday the 14th of November: Steve May (Sheffield & Emory) and Arthur F. Marotti (Wayne State).

Closing Lecture, Wednesday the 5th of December: Helen Hackett (UCL).

We will have titles confirmed in a week or so, so check back with us!

We hope you can come along, and if you’ve got any questions then please get in touch with us at 

reevaluatingcoteries@gmail.com,

Best wishes,

Will Bowers and Hannah Crummé