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Books Unbound: Elizabeth Stoddard's The Morgesons - Chicago Humanities Festival

Books Unbound: Elizabeth Stoddard’s The Morgesons

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  • ABOUT Julia Stern

    Julia Stern, a specialist in English and American Studies, is the Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence at Northwestern University. She teaches 18th  and 19th century American and African American literature, Faulkner, women’s writing, gothic and sentimental fiction, narrative and psychoanalytic theory, and critical race studies. Professor Stern’s first book, The Plight of Feeling: Sympathy and Dissent in the Early American Novel was nominated for the MLA’s Best First Book Award.

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Tragic love affairs. Debilitating alcoholism. Peer pressure. It may sound like a contemporary novel, but The Morgesons was actually published nearly a century and a half ago. Elizabeth Stoddard’s first work of fiction recounts the life of Cassandra Morgeson, a headstrong woman making her way through the frequently stifling world of 1850s East Coast America. Guided by Professor Julia Stern of Northwestern University, this Books Unbound session promises to take participants along for an insightful foray into the conflicted and complicated psyches of The Morgesons’ protagonist. 

Peruse the links below for additional contextual information, and sign up today!

Registration is open for all four events simultaneously.

Note: A $5 processing fee per transaction will serve as your deposit. Registration priority will be given to working teachers.

Books Unbound is made possible through the generosity of Polk Bros. Foundation.

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Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
null 1880 Campus Dr
Chicago, IL 60208

Ticket Schedule and Pricing:

BU1: Sat, May. 19 10:00 - 2:00 PM
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Teachers: FREE

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