Edgar Allan Poe is being celebrated in October
Several faculty members will participate in discussions of Poe’s life and work. They include:
- Leon Jackson, an associate professor of English, who will explore connections to Poe's life and the mastery of his craft from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 5, Rutledge Chapel
- Gretchen Woertendyke, an assistant professor of English, who will lead a discussion for teens and adults from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Richland County Public Library, Main Library
- David S. Shields, the McClintock Professor of Southern Letters, who will lead a discussion for teens and adults from 7 to 8 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Richland County Public Library, Sandhills Branch, 1 Summit Parkway
- Spearen, who will lead a discussion for teens and adults on Poe’s use of imagery as a means to evoke emotion in his poems from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 19 at the Richland County Public Library, Cooper Branch, 5317 North Trenholm Road
- Ray McManus, an assistant professor of English at USC Sumter, who will lead a discussion for teens only from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Richland County Public Library, Cooper Branch.
Other events will include screenings of classic films based on stories by Poe; a performance by the Actors’ Theatre of South Carolina; a reading by five poets at Poe’s Tavern on Sullivan’s Island, the setting for “The Gold Bug," a short story written by Poe; and a discussion on nature in Poe’s work by Marjory Wentworth, poet laureate of South Carolina, at Fort Moultrie on Sullivan’s Island.
For more information, contact Spearen at 7-5492 or cmspeare@mailbox.sc.edu.
Posted: 09/29/09 @ 12:00 AM | Updated: 11/09/09 @ 1:53 PM | Permalink